Cordell Hull Lake | |
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Location | Smith / Jackson / Clay counties, Tennessee, USA |
Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Cumberland River |
Primary outflows | Cumberland River |
Catchment area | 8,096 sq mi (20,970 km2)[1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
Built | 1963—1973[2] |
Max. length | 72 mi (116 km)[3] |
Surface area | 11,960 acres (48.4 km2)[3] |
Average depth | 20 ft (6.1 m)[3] |
Max. depth | 90 ft (27 m)[3] |
Water volume | 533,928 cu yd (408,217 m3)[1] |
Shore length1 | 381 mi (613 km)[3] |
Surface elevation | 504 ft (154 m)[3] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Cordell Hull Lake is a lake in the Cumberland River in north-central Tennessee, about thirty miles east of Nashville, in the vicinity of Carthage. It covers approximately 12,000 acres (49 km2).
It is named for Cordell Hull, former United States Secretary of State[2].