Jordan Lake (Alabama) Explained

Lake Jordan
Location:Elmore County, Alabama, United States
Coordinates:32.619°N -86.2574°W
Rivers:Coosa River
Length:18miles
Area:6800acres
Volume:236200acre-feet
Shore:188miles
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Jordan Lake in Alabama, USA.

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

Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of 6800acres, shoreline of about 188miles, a total length of 18miles, and a maximum storage volume of 236200acre-feet.[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, high, built for hydropower generation with a 100 megawatt generating capacity.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lake Jordan Statistics . 2012-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929041334/http://www.lakejordan.info/Statistics.asp . 2010-09-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: Coosa Project - Alabama Power. www.alabamapower.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20071116042810/http://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/coosa.asp . 2007-11-16.