Sardis Lake (Mississippi)

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Aerial view of Sardis Lake

Sardis Lake is a Script error: No such module "convert". reservoir on the Tallahatchie River in Lafayette, Panola, and Marshall counties, Mississippi.[1] Sardis Lake is impounded by Sardis Dam, located Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of the town of Sardis. It is approximately an hour drive from Memphis, Tennessee. The dam is Script error: No such module "convert". long, has an average height of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a maximum height of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

History

Sardis Dam was the first of the Yazoo River headwaters projects to be built by the federal government for flood control. Authorization for the project came when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Flood Control Act of 1936. Construction took four years and required thousands of men to clear Script error: No such module "convert". along the Tallahatchie River, which was characterized by dense woods and undergrowth, and meandering sloughs.[2]

The dam was constructed using a "hydraulic fill" technique that required soil to be dredged from below the dam site and pumped to form the earth fill, which forms the majority of the dam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built and operated the "Pontotoc", a special dredge powered by two Script error: No such module "convert". electric motors to accomplish this task. The Script error: No such module "convert". "Lower Lake" on the downstream side of Sardis Dam was created by the dredging operation. It has numerous recreation facilities, including John W. Kyle State Park. Mississippi Highway 315 splits while crossing the dam, with one route crossing the top and the other half crossing the base.[2]

Sardis Lake has a maximum storage capacity of Script error: No such module "convert". of water. The lake is gradually drawn down during the fall and winter months to a "conservation pool" of Script error: No such module "convert".. This permits spring rains across the lake's Script error: No such module "convert". watershed to fill the reservoir without flooding downstream. Since the dam became operational, the dam's emergency spillway has been overtopped only three times by high water - in 1973, 1983 and 1991. The lake's typical "recreation pool" is Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

The lake is popular with anglers and has a reputation for its abundant bass and crappie. Other recreation activities include hunting, camping, boating, skiing, swimming and picnicking.[3]

Marina

The Sardis Lake Marina services the lake with access to fuel docks, wet slips, a restaurant, and a store.[4]

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Fish

The main fish that live in the lake are largemouth bass, spotted bass, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, and white bass.[5]

External links

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