Cordell Hull Lake

Cordell Hull Lake is a lake in the Cumberland River in north-central Tennessee, about forty miles east of Nashville, in the vicinity of Carthage. It covers approximately 12,000 acres (49 km²).

Cordell Hull Lake
Cordell Hull Lake
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Location	Smith / Jackson / Clay counties, Tennessee, US
Coordinates	36°17′24″N 085°56′38″W
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Cumberland River
Primary outflows	Cumberland River
Catchment area	8,096 sq mi (20,970 km2)[1]
Basin countries	United States
Managing agency	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Built	1963—1973[2]
Max. length	72 mi (116 km)[3]
Surface area	11,960 acres (48.4 km2)[3]
Average depth	20 ft (6.1 m)[3]
Max. depth	90 ft (27 m)[3]
Water volume	310,900 acre⋅ft (0.3835 km3)[1]
Shore length1	381 mi (613 km)[3]
Surface elevation	504 ft (154 m)[3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake is impounded by Cordell Hull Dam, which was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers between May 1963 and November 1973 for navigation, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation.^[4] The dam is a concrete and earthen gravity structure, 87 feet high (above streambed), with a generator capacity of 100 megawatts.^[5] It impounds 259,100 acre-feet (0.3196 km³) at normal maximum pool, with a maximum flood storage of 310,900 acre-feet (0.3835 km³).

The dam and lake are named for Cordell Hull, former United States Secretary of State.^[2]