Watauga Lake – Reservoir in Carter, Tennessee

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1273873

Location

State Tennessee

County Carter

Feature Class Reservoir

Coordinates

DMS

36°19'58"N 82°01'48"W

Decimal Degrees

36.3328778, -82.0301145

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Watauga Dam

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Whiting (historical)

1.3 mi W

Also Known As

Watauga Reservoir

Hydrography

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Description

6353 acres in size with a maximum depth of 265 feet.

Nearby Features

Holloway Branch Stream · 0.2 mi SE
Peavey Mountain Summit · 0.5 mi E
Dale Neely Branch Stream · 0.8 mi WSW
Milligan Branch Stream · 0.8 mi SSE
Cobb Creek Stream · 0.8 mi E
Cobb Creek Stream · 0.9 mi E
Sink Branch Stream · 0.9 mi ENE
Cove Ridge Ridge · 0.9 mi N
Smith Hollow Valley · 1.1 mi SE
Cook Hollow Valley · 1.1 mi ENE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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