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Old Hickory Lake is a mainstream storage impoundment on the Cumberland River operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoir contains 22,500 acres (91 km 2) at an elevation of 445 feet (above sea level) and extends 97.3 river miles. Water level fluctuations are minimal with minimum pool elevation at 442 feet (135 m).
Old Hickory Lock and Dam is a dam located in middle Tennessee on the Cumberland River at river mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson Counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km) upstream from Nashville. The reservoir behind the dam is Old Hickory Lake .
Old Hickory, Tennessee, a town named for Jackson, near to the site of The Hermitage; Old Hickory Boulevard, the name of several roads in Nashville, Tennessee, named for Jackson; Old Hickory Lake, a man-made reservoir along the path of the Cumberland River in Middle Tennessee, named for Jackson
Phone service to the Old Hickory Lock and the Lake Office and Visitor Center has been disconnected as contractors relocate underground utilities.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 583 square miles (1,510 km 2), of which 571 square miles (1,480 km 2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km 2) (2.1%) is water. [7] The Cumberland River flows along the county's northern border with Trousdale and Sumner counties. This section of the river is part of Old Hickory Lake.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday will enact its drought protocol. That means less water will be released to the Kansas River.
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."
Old Hickory Lock and Dam — Old Hickory Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers; Pickwick Landing Dam — Pickwick Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1938 by the TVA; Pin Oak Dam — Pin Oak Reservoir; on Browns Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA