Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 4, 1995 TAG: 9507050040
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: HOLIDAY
SOURCE:
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
KEY:MC: conditional certificate, or the dam's spillway capacity is less than required
MF: class 4, regulated, but does not need a certificate (damage only to owner)
MR: regular certificate
SIZE refers to height of the dam and acre feet of the lake
BEDFORD COUNTY
STONEY CREEK RESERVOIR DAM
LOCATION: Stoney Creek
OWNER: City of Bedford
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 84' AND 760 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1958
CERTIFICATION: MR
SIMPKINS DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Big Otter River
OWNER: R. Gardner Simpkins, Jr.
CLASSIFICATION: 4
SIZE: 36' AND 115 FT
WHEN BUILT:1977
CERTIFICATION: MF
IVY HILL DAM
LOCATION: Ivy Creek
OWNER: Perrowville Development Corp.
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 68' AND 6,989 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1991
CERTIFICATION: MR
EVERGREEN LAKE DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Judith Creek
OWNER: Evergreen Lake Assoc.
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 35' AND 125 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1960
CERTIFICATION: MR
FALWELL JR. DAM
OWNER: Jerry L. Falwell Jr.
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 42' AND 167 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1991
CERTIFICATION: MR
WOODS LANDING DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the James River
OWNER: The Remington Co.
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 40.5' AND 142 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1987
CERTIFICATION: MR
ABERT WATER PLANT-SLUDGE LAGOON
LOCATION: Tributary of the James River
OWNER: City of Lynchburg, DPW
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 55' AND 55 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1994
CERTIFICATION: MR
LAKE VISTA DAM #2
LOCATION: Ivy Creek
OWNER: Lake Vista Real Estate Corp.
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 32' AND 279 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1990
CERTIFICATION: MR
SPRING LAKE DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of Shoulders Run
OWNER: Ralph Merritt
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 50' AND 285 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1957
CERTIFICATION: MR
SPRINGHILL LAKE DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Big Otter River
OWNER: Spring Hill Lake Assoc.
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 42' AND 183 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1952
CERTIFICATION: MC
BEDFORD LAKE DAM
LOCATION: North Otter River
OWNER: Lov Goodwin
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 52' AND 965 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1935
CERTIFICATION: MR
ELK GARDEN LAKE DAM
LOCATION:Tributary of the Boyle Creek
OWNER: Elk Garden Club, Inc.
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 30' AND 83 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1959
CERTIFICATION: MR
FRANKLIN COUNTY
MELODY LAKE DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Maggodee Creek
OWNER: Melody Lake Improvement Association
CLASSIFICATION: 3
SIZE: 41' AND 182 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1960
CERTIFICATION: MR
UPPER BLACKWATER RIVER DAM NO.4
LOCATION: Tributary of the N.F. Blackwater River
OWNER: Blue Ridge SWCD
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 59' AND 338 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1974
CERTIFICATION: MC
UPPER BLACKWATER RIVER DAM NO.6
LOCATION: Tributary of the Blackwater River
OWNER: Blue Ridge SWCD
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 50' AND 672 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1972
CERTIFICATION: MR
PULASKI COUNTY
OTTARI SCOUT CAMP DAM NO.2
LOCATION: Little Laurel Creek
OWNER: B.S.A., Blue Ridge Mountain Council
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 46' AND 274 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1961
CERTIFICATION: MR
LAKE POWHATAN DAM
LOCATION: Big Macks Creek
OWNER: B.S.A., Blue Ridge Mountain Council
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 33' AND 160 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1950
CERTIFICATION: MR
THORNHILL DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of Bentley's Branch
OWNER: Bennard Simmons
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 28' AND 80 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
ROANOKE COUNTY
ORCHARD DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Glade Creek
OWNER: F&W Community Development Corp.
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 28' AND 140 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1984
CERTIFICATION: MR
ROANOKE
WINDSOR LAKE DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Barnhardt Creek
OWNER: Windsor Lake Corp.
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 30' AND 97 FT
WHEN BUILT: 1960
CERTIFICATION: MR
ROCKBRIDGE
GOSHEN DAM
LOCATION: Little Calf Pasture River
OWNER: Nat. Cap. Area Boy Scouts of America
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 38' AND 11,200 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
ROBERTSON DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Colliers Creek
OWNER: Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 52' AND 678 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
MOORE'S CREEK DAM
LOCATION: Moore Creek
OWNER: City of Lexington
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 90' AND 1,295 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
COLD SULPHUR SPRINGS DAM
LOCATION: Cold Sulphur Springs Branch
OWNER: H. Edwards, J. Goodbar, W. Edwards
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 26' AND 145 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
TURNER DAM
LOCATION: Tributary of the Cedar Creek
OWNER: Cook & Andrews Inv, Inc.
CLASSIFICATION: 2
SIZE: 45' AND 355 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
WYTHE COUNTY
RURAL RETREAT DAM
LOCATION: South Fork Reed Creek
OWNER: Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
CLASSIFICATION: 1
SIZE: 41' AND 2,266 FT
WHEN BUILT: NA
CERTIFICATION: MR
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