Blalock Ridge

Blalock Ridge is a ridge in Meigs County, Tennessee and has an elevation of 1,043 feet. Blalock Ridge is situated nearby to the hamlet Forest Grove, as well as near Fairview.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station and Watts Bar Dam.

Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station

Power station

Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.

The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre site in Rhea County, Tennessee, near Spring City, between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station is situated 1½ miles west of Blalock Ridge.

Watts Bar Dam

Dam

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States. The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river. Watts Bar Dam is situated 2 miles northwest of Blalock Ridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Decatur and Euchee.

Decatur

Town

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

Decatur is a town in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Meigs County. Decatur is situated 6 miles south of Blalock Ridge.

Euchee

Hamlet

Euchee is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Euchee is situated 6 miles northeast of Blalock Ridge.

Blalock Ridge

Type: Ridge with an elevation of 1,043 feet
Description: ridge in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States
Categories: mountain ridge and landform
Location: Meigs County, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.59507° or 35° 35′ 42″ north

Longitude

-84.76383° or 84° 45′ 50″ west

Elevation

1,043 feet (318 metres)

Open location code

867QH6WP+2F

GeoNames ID

4607048

Wikidata ID

Q31427013

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Localities in the Area

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