Wolf Creek Dam

Wolf Creek Dam
Wolf Creek Dam
	Location of Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky
Location	Russell County, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°52′06″N 85°08′51″W / 36.8683°N 85.1475°W
Construction began	1941
Opening date	1951
Operator(s)	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Cumberland River
Height	258 ft (79 m)
Length	5,736 ft (1,748 m)
Dam volume	11,396,500 cu yd (8,713,200 m3)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Cumberland
Total capacity	6,089,000 acre⋅ft (7,511,000 dam3)
Catchment area	5,789 sq mi (14,990 km2)
Surface area	50,250 acres (20,340 ha)
Power Station
Turbines	6x 45.0 MW
Installed capacity	270 MW

The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States. The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the lower Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man made lake by volume East of the Mississippi river. The Lake has become a popular tourist attraction.U.S. Route 127 is built on top of the dam.

Electricity from the dam is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wolf Creek Dam". National Performance of Dams Program, National Inventory of Dams. Stanford University. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
^ "Generation – Southeastern Power Administration". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

[NPDP-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wolf Creek Dam". National Performance of Dams Program, National Inventory of Dams. Stanford University. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

[2] "Generation – Southeastern Power Administration". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

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