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Lake Strom Thurmond, officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir [1] at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, [2] is a man-made reservoir at the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin.
J. Strom Thurmond Dam, [1] also known in Georgia as Clarks Hill Dam, is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located 22 miles (35 km) north of Augusta, Georgia on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Strom Thurmond. U.S. Route 221 (and Georgia State Route 150 on the Georgia side of the state line) cross it.
The Flood Control Act of 1966 authorized construction of a new reservoir on the Savannah River to be named Trotters Shoals Lake and Dam. The lake and dam were renamed in 1987 after Georgia senator Richard Brevard Russell Jr. in the same bill that also renamed Clarks Hill Lake to Lake Strom Thurmond.
Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume: 2: Lake Michigan: Illinois - Indiana - Michigan - Wisconsin: 3,987,455,942 acre⋅ft (4,918 km 3) 925 ft (282 m) L. Huron and. L. Michigan may be considered a single lake [1] 3: Lake Huron: Michigan - Ontario: 2,872,320,000 acre⋅ft (3,543 km 3) 750 ft (229 m) 4: Lake Ontario: New York ...
Drone footage shot by storm chaser Brandon Clement showed the improvement in water level and snowpack in places such as Folson Lake, Lake Oroville and Donner Pass, since last summer.
Brad Panovich, chief meterologist for WCNC Charlotte, said on X Saturday afternoon Mountain Island Lake, sitting around 107 feet at noon, approached record water levels set by the historic 1940 flood.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL @STARADVERTISER.COM The U.S. Navy led a media tour of the Red Hill Shaft in Halawa on Jan. 28, 2022. ... Navy says EPA report that found low-level contamination ...
Rosemont, Georgia and Clarks Hill, South Carolina: McCormick Highway Dam US 378 / SR 43: Lincolnton, Georgia and McCormick, South Carolina: Calhoun Falls Highway Bridge over Lake Richard B. Russell: SC 72 / SR 72: Elberton, Georgia and Calhoun Falls, South Carolina: Sgt. Fred M. Newton Bridge over Lake Richard B. Russell: SC 184 / SR 368