Jordan Lake

Jordan Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Jordan Lake
image_lake = Jordanlake.jpg
caption_lake =
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location = North Carolina
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type = Reservoir
inflow = Haw River, New Hope Creek, Morgan Creek, and Little Creek
outflow = Haw River
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basin_countries = United States
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area = convert|13940|acre|km2
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shore = convert|200|mi|km|abbr=on
elevation= convert|216|ft|m|abbr=on
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Jordan Lake is a reservoir located west of Raleigh and south of Chapel Hill in Chatham County, North Carolina, in the United States of America. The reservoir was developed and is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which dammed and flooded the New Hope River between 1973 and 1983 as part of a flood control project prompted by a particularly damaging tropical storm that hit the regiondownstream in September 1945. Originally authorized in 1963 as the New Hope Lake Project, the reservoir was renamed in 1974 in memory of B. Everett Jordan, former North Carolina Senator. The reservoir covers 13,940 acres (56 km²) at its standard water level of 216 feet (66 m) above sea level. The reservoir is part of the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area.

Completed in 1974, the Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located 4 miles (6 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage basin. The dam is 1,330 feet (405 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81 m) above mean sea level.

External links

* [http://epec.saw.usace.army.mil/capefear.htm Jordan Lake project - U.S. Corps of Engineers]
* [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:GyhDzV_XBQoJ:www.ncwater.org/Permits_and_Registration/Jordan_Lake_Water_Supply_Allocation/JLdroughtplan4.pdf+%22jordan+lake+dam%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us Jordan Lake Drought Management Plan - 2002]
* [http://everettjordan.uslakes.info/DamInfo.asp?DamID=100381 Jordan Lake Dam - Lakes Online]
* [http://epec.saw.usace.army.mil/BEJPERT.TXT US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Water Management Unit, Project Information]


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