Chatuge Dam
Chatuge Dam is a flood control and hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is the uppermost of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s for flood storage and to provide flow regulation at Hiwassee Dam further downstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Miles Buddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Chatuge.
Lake Chatuge
Photo: Miles Buddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Chatuge is an area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeastern Georgia, bordered on the north by North Carolina. It surrounds and takes its name from the TVA electric generation reservoir located here.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hayesville and Hiawassee.
Hayesville
Town
Hayesville is a town in Clay County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 311 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Clay County. Hayesville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Chatuge Dam.
Hiawassee
Village
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The population was 981 at the 2020 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, Hiawassee is also known in the novel "Restart" by Gordon Korman. Hiawassee is situated 5 miles south of Chatuge Dam.
Chatuge Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America
- Location: Hayesville Township, Clay, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.01831° or 35° 1′ 6″ northLongitude
-83.7902° or 83° 47′ 25″ westElevation
1,919 feet (585 metres)Open location code
867R2695+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1060565172OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Chatuge Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Chatuge Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chatuge Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة شاتوج”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Elf and Shewbird.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Chatuge Dam Substation and Chatuge Hydroelectic Station.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, and Greensboro.
Curious Dams to Discover
Uncover intriguing dams from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chatuge Dam”. Photo: Miles Buddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.