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Pickwick LakeALABAMA - MISSISSIPPI - TENNESSEE |
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• River: Tennessee River • Length: 308 Miles • Surface Area: 43,100 Acres • Volume: 924,000 Acre Feet • Drainage Area: 32,800 Square Miles • Average Depth: 21 Feet • Length: 53 Miles LAKE PROFILE Size and Depth - 47,500 acres and 53 miles long with a maximum depth of 59 feet. Water Source - An impoundment of the Tennessee River, Pickwick Lake is defined by the Wilson Dam in the south Pickwick Landing Dam in the north. With a short exception near its inflows at Florence, the current primarily flows north. Shoreline - 496 miles long. The shore is approximately 40 percent developed and is comprised of both privately-held land and Tennessee Valley Authority ownership. The remaining shoreline is undeveloped. Bottom - Sand, gravel, bedrock, mud and muck. The main river channel is mostly bedrock and mud. In tailwater areas and coves, sand, gravel and muck bottoms are found. Water - Moderately fertile water with a light green to brownish color. In the main river channel the water is lighter colored than the brownish color found in the backwater areas of coves and bays. Visible clarity is between 2 and 4 feet depending on location, rainfall and current. Cover - There is little submerged vegetation and what is present is sporadically dispersed throughout the lake. The most common emergent plant is water willow, which can be found along the lakes shoreline and in bays and coves. |
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