Bad Creek Main Dam, South Carolina

Bad Creek Main Dam is on Bad Creek and West Bad Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina and is used for hydroelectric power purposes. Construction was completed in 1991. Its normal surface area is 333 acres. It is owned by Duke Power Company.

 

Bad Creek Main Dam is of earthen construction, rock fill. The core is earth. The foundation is assumed to be rock, soil. Its height is 360 feet with a length of 2600 feet. Its capacity is 33892 acre feet. Normal storage is 27148 acre feet. It drains an area of 2 square miles.

 

 

Lakes, Dams, and Recreational Facilities Near Bad Creek Main Dam

0 miles from Bad Creek Main DamEast Dam 5 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWest Dam 5 miles from Bad Creek Main DamSaddle Dike No. 2 5 miles from Bad Creek Main DamSaddle Dike No. 1 5 miles from Bad Creek Main DamJocassee Spillway 6 miles from Bad Creek Main DamJocassee 8 miles from Bad Creek Main DamHouston 9 miles from Bad Creek Main DamCliffside Lake 12 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOconee State Park Dam 2 12 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOconee State Park Dam 1 12 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWilson Creek Upper 12 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWilson Creek Lower 13 miles from Bad Creek Main DamSequoyah Dam 14 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWalhalla Reservoir #3 14 miles from Bad Creek Main DamEast Fork (tenn Cr) 15 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOolenoy River Wcd Dam 10 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOolenoy River Wcd Dam 9 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWalhalla Reservoirdam 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamLittle River 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamKeowee 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOconee Intake Dike 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamSpillway Dam 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamThorpe 16 miles from Bad Creek Main DamBear Creek 17 miles from Bad Creek Main DamWolf Creek 17 miles from Bad Creek Main DamPraterscreek Dam 17 miles from Bad Creek Main DamPinnacle Lake 17 miles from Bad Creek Main DamOolenoy Wcd Dam # 40 17 miles from Bad Creek Main DamTuckasegee 18 miles from Bad Creek Main DamDike C 18 miles from Bad Creek Main DamDike B 18 miles from Bad Creek Main DamCedar Cliff 18 miles from Bad Creek Main DamDike D 18 miles from Bad Creek Main DamFields Dam 19 miles from Bad Creek Main DamDike A 19 miles from Bad Creek Main DamTable Rock Reservoir 20 miles from Bad Creek Main DamConerosscreek Wcd Dam 1a 20 miles from Bad Creek Main DamConerosscreek Wcd Dam 8 20 miles from Bad Creek Main DamIssaqueena Lake

 

 

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