Lake lanier georgia drought 2007. Georgias governor declares drought emergency. Here are a few scenes from lake lanier in buford ga. Everyday now we set a new record for the lake level since the inception of the lake.
Heres a compilation of lake lanier photos taken around lake lanier islands on november 11 2007. We are going through a record setting drought this year. State of georgiait was created by the completion of buford dam on the chattahoochee river in 1956 and is also fed by the waters of the chestatee riverthe lake encompasses 38000 acres 150 km 2 or 59 square miles 150 km 2 of water and 692 miles 1114 km of shoreline at normal level a full.
Updated 10202007 44644 pm et 2007 10 20t204644. Army corps of engineers estimates that some 75 million people visit lake sidney lanier annually. Lake lanier officially lake sidney lanier is a reservoir in the northern portion of the us.
The small town of orme tn got more than its fair share of publicity in 2007 due to lack of rain for its main water sources. Lake lanier in northeast georgia is a favorite recreation spot for millions each year. Georgia officials warn that lake lanier a 38000 acre reservoir that supplies more.
The first few photos are an old wooden boat. According to the lake lanier association. The effects of the 2007 drought reached far beyond the georgia border.
The drought has caused wildfires across north georgia and there are concerns about the droughts effect on georgias lakes especially lake lanier. A drought in 2007 caused the lake levels to lower by several feet creating painfully low levels for some residents with docks and boats and. The brutal drought hitting georgia is drying up an artificial lake and exposing the long dead town that lies beneathalong with mountains of trash.