Cherokee Lake, Tennessee

Cherokee Lake is created by Cherokee/Saddle Dam No. 2 Dam on the Holston River in Jefferson; Grainger County, Tennessee and is used for flood control, hydroelectric power and recreation purposes. It was built in 1941. It has a normal surface area of 19 square miles. It is owned by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

 

Cherokee/saddle Dam No. 2, also known as Cherokee Lake is of earthen construction. The core is earth. Its length is 240 feet. Its capacity is 1.541e+06 acre feet. Normal storage is 393000 acre feet. It drains an area of 3428 square miles.

 

 

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