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    Drone with remote sitting on a floor

    Drone Use

    Drone PolicyThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Drone Policy governs the operation and use of recreational unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at all Nashville District lakes within the Cumberland River Basin.The guidance has designated approved locations to fly drones for hobbyists, while at the same time prohibiting drones where people
  • Dale Hollow Lake photo, lake with dam

    Dale Hollow Lake

    The Nashville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers welcomes you to Dale Hollow Lake. Dale Hollow Dam and Lake was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938 and the River and Harbor Act of 1946. The project was completed for flood control in 1943. Power generating units were added in 1948, 1949, and 1953. The project was designed by the
  • Dover Dam

    Dover Dam

    Dover Dam is within the Upper Tuscarawas section of the Muskingum Area. It was authorized by Section 4 of the Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1938, as amended by Section 4 of the FCA of 1939. Primary project purposes are flood damage reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife. The dam was completed November 1938 and serves a drainage area of 1.405 square miles.
  • Dillon Lake

    Dillon Lake

    Dillon Dam was completed in July 1961 and serves a drainage area of 748 square miles. The lake is impounded by a rolled earthfill impervious core dam, 118 ft. tall and 1,400 ft. long with an uncontrolled, partial concrete lined spillway near the left abutment of the dam. Primary project purposes are flood risk reduction, low flow augmentation and recreation.
  • Delaware Lake

    Delaware Lake

    Delaware Lake was authorized by Section 4 of Flood Control Act of 1938. The primary project purposes are flood risk reduction, low-flow augmentation, and recreation. The lake is impounded by a rolled earthfill dam 92 ft. tall, 18,600 ft. long, 15 ft. wide at the top and 480 ft. wide at the base with a gated concrete spillway.
  • Deer Creek Dam

    Deer Creek Lake

    Deer Creek Lake was authorized by Section 4 of Flood Control Act of 1938. The primary project purposes are flood risk reduction, fish and wildlife enhancement, recreation, and low flow augmentation. The lake is impounded by a rolled earthfill dam 93 ft. tall and 3,800 ft. long with a gated concrete spillway.
  • Dewey Lake

    Dewey Lake

    Dewey Lake is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the Corp of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. When the lakes in this system are operated as a vast storage system, flood crests along the Ohio can be significantly reduced. Construction of Dewey Dam began in 1946 and was completed in 1949.