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505.95 FEET
11/7/2009
Full Pool: 510.0
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Michael Tomberlin - The Birmingham News Date: 11/5/2009 A Jefferson Count Circuit Court judge denied Richard Scrushy's attempt to block the sale of his assets this morning, paving the way for the sale of his $7 million Lake Martin home to be sold at an auction Monday. Judge Allwin Horn held a hearing this morning to hear various motions from lawyers for HealthSouth… Read More
Staff Writer - Mobile Press-Register Date: 10/5/2009 A deal to build a wood pellet mill in Jackson is dead, says Mayor Richard Long, although the city is looking for someone new to build a similar mill on the same property, which it spent $500,000 to prepare. "They have given it just about all the time they could give it and I would say they're not coming," Long said… Read More
The Associated Press - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Date: 9/26/2009 MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans houseboats, cigarette boats and some other large boats from three lakes in east Alabama.The court ruled Friday that the law passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2006 is not vague and provided sufficient notice to the public concerning what… Read More
CMT News - Country Music Television Date: 7/27/2009 "I'm gonna tell you, this has got to be the coolest show I've ever done here tonight," Alan Jackson said Saturday (July 25) to some 35,000 fans who traveled by boat to attend his concert on Lake Martin near Alexander City, Ala.In addition to the crowd estimate, law enforcement agencies also reported that more than 4,000… Read More
Date: 7/20/2009 Alabama Power applied to the AFERC for approval of a 30-slip marina on Smith Lake (Pigeon Roost Creek).The announcement was published in Cullman Times on 7/10/09. Date: 07/10/2009… Read More |
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SMITH LAKE BUSINESSES
Lewis Smith Lake (or Smith Lake) is located in northcentral Alabama about 20 miles northwest of Birmingham in state of Alabama (U.S.) counties of Cullman, Walker and Winston. The 300-foot high dam, completed in 1961 by Alabama Power Company, impounds the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River to form the lake. Smith Lake has a surface area of 21,200 acres, 500 miles of shoreline, a watershed area of 944 square miles, a retention time of 435 days, and a maximum depth of 264 feet. The western side of the lake's watershed is crowned by the 180,000-acre Bankhead National Forest, which blankets the deeply dissected southern edge of the Cumberland Plateau. The Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, Alabama's only Wild and Scenic River, flows through the Bankhead National Forest. The Sipsey Wilderness, Land of a Thousand Waterfalls, lies within the Bankhead National Forest and is home to Alabama's largest tree, a tulip poplar with a 21-foot circumference at its base.
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Smith Lake - River: Black Warrior - Area: 21,200 Acres - Shoreline: 500 Miles - Length: 35 Miles - Avg. Depth: 66 Ft. - Vol: 1,670,700 Acre Ft. - Drainage: 944 Sq. Mi. |
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