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LAKE INFO
• Year Built: 1959-1964
• Area: 32,510 acres at full pond
• Length: 33.6 miles
• Width: 9 miles
• Shore line length: 520 miles
• Maximum Depth: 110 feet
• Average Depth: 33.5 feet
• Maximum Drawdown: 15 feet
• Capacity: 3.4 trillion gallons of water
• Volume: 1,093,600 acre-feet
• Elevation at full pond: 760 feet above MSL
• Retention Time: 207 days (average)
• Drainage Area: 1,790 square miles
• Average River Flow @ Cowans Ford Dam: 1,726 MGD
• Named for: Norman Atwater Cocke (former president of Duke Power)
• Source of the Catawba River: McDowell County near Mount Mitchell
Below are some measurements (at full pond):
Perth Road 5’3”
Kale Road 5’6”
Cornelius Road 4’0”
Mount Pleasant 5’5”
Hwy 150 at Mountain Crk 5’9”
Hwy 150 at Reed Creek 5’9’
Williamson Rd 6’0”
