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Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, [3] United States, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River .
Smith Mountain Dam is a concrete arch dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Smith Mountain Lake. The dam was built by Appalachian Power (a division of American Electric Power ) between 1960 and 1963 for the purposes of pumped-storage hydroelectricity .
The rockfill dam, Smith Dam, [4] was built in 1914 and — according to the National Inventory of Dams — stores 14,058 acre⋅ft (17,340,000 m 3) of water. [3] It impounds Trinchera Creek . Sangre de Cristo Creek and several smaller creeks also flow into the reservoir; prior to the reservoir's construction, Sangre de Cristo Creek had its ...
Foster Lake, the city of Sweet Home’s water source, turned the color of chocolate milk, filled at times with 14 times as much sediment as normal this fall. Water issues easing, reservoirs to rise
Water poured into more than 100 homes, including many on Lake and Riverside drives near Mountain Island Lake. The rush of water filled Jendresen’s home with about five feet of the swollen, muddy ...
Sep. 13—MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake and Grant County residents are being invited to learn about efforts to improve Moses Lake water quality at the annual "State of Our Lake" meeting at 6 p.m ...
Smith Mountain Lake State Park is a 1,148-acre (4.65 km 2) state park along the shores of Smith Mountain Lake in Bedford County, Virginia near Huddleston.Primarily a recreational area, it offers water-related activities (with a swimming area, occasional boat tours as well as rental boats, kayaks and tubes) as well as camping, picnicking, and hiking facilities. [1]
Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam water levels are now receding. Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue."