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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. Construction on the new dam began in 1974 and ...
Members of the Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency, an area advocacy group, worry that raising the water level will make flooding worse at the lake's upstream rivers.
Brooks urged residents to stay updated on lake levels and alerts by local county officials. A drone image shows homes submerged in flood water from the Catawba River Saturday, September 28, 2024. ...
Name Location Volume Maximum Depth notes 1: Lake Superior: Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin: 9,799,680,000 acre⋅ft (12,088 km 3) 1,332 ft (406 m) Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume
What is the forecast for Saylorville Lake’s water level during the July 4 th weekend? The level at the lake is forecasted as of June 25 to rise to 874 feet above sea level sometime by July 5 and ...
Clarks Hill or Clark Hill can refer to some places in the United States: Clarks Hill, Indiana; Clark Hill (Oneida County, New York) Clarks Hill, South Carolina; Lake Strom Thurmond, formerly known as Clarks Hill Reservoir