Falls Reservoir

Falls Reservoir
Falls Reservoir
	Falls Reservoir Falls Reservoir
Location	Montgomery / Stanly counties, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates	35°23′43″N 080°04′29″W / 35.39528°N 80.07472°W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Yadkin River
Primary outflows	Yadkin River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	204 acres (83 ha)
Surface elevation	292 ft (89 m)

Falls Reservoir is part of the Yadkin River Project in North Carolina and managed by Alcoa as part of their hydroelectric business. It is the last of four reservoirs along a 38-mile (61 km) stretch of the Yadkin River. Falls Reservoir is the smallest of the four reservoirs and covers 204 acres (0.83 km²) and has a shoreline length of 6 miles (9.7 km).^[2] The hydroelectric operation was sold to Cube Hydro Carolinas in February 2017.^[3]

Other lakes in the Yadkin River Project

References

^ ^a ^b *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Falls Reservoir
^ "Yadkin Project (FERC No. 2197) Water Quality Monitoring Final Study Plan" (PDF). Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI). August 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
^ Bergeron, Josh (2017-02-02). "Sale finalized for Yadkin River Dams". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2017-02-02.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Current conditions, as reported by Alcoa

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[gnis-1] *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Falls Reservoir

[2] "Yadkin Project (FERC No. 2197) Water Quality Monitoring Final Study Plan" (PDF). Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI). August 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

[3] Bergeron, Josh (2017-02-02). "Sale finalized for Yadkin River Dams". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2017-02-02.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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