Jordan Lake (Alabama)

Lake Jordan
Lake Jordan
	Lake Jordan
Location	Elmore County, Alabama, United States
Coordinates	32°37′08″N 86°15′27″W
River sources	Coosa River
Max. length	18 mi (29 km)
Surface area	6,800 acres (28 km2)
Water volume	236,200 acre⋅ft (291,300,000 m3)
Shore length1	188 mi (303 km)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama. The closest city is Wetumpka.

Jordan Dam in background

Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of 6,800 acres (28 km²), shoreline of about 188 miles (303 km), a total length of 18 miles (29 km), and a maximum storage volume of 236,200 acre feet (291,300,000 m³).[1] It is a recreational lake with fishing opportunities for largemouth bass, spotted bass, bluegill and other sunfish, crappie, catfish, striped bass, hybrid and white bass. The lake has two public access sites.[2]

Owned and operated by Alabama Power, the lake was impounded December 31, 1928 and named for the mother of Reuben and Sidney Mitchell, who were instrumental in the construction of Mitchell Dam, also on the Coosa River and also run by Alabama Power. Jordan Dam is a concrete arch dam, 125 feet high, built for hydropower generation with a 100 megawatt generating capacity.

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2012-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/coosa.asp#Jordan-Bouldin Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2012-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/coosa.asp#Jordan-Bouldin Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine