The story of Logan Martin Dam and Logan Martin Lake began as a story of energy. It continues today as a story of flood control, recreation and economic opportunity, irrigation and drinking water, and fish and wildlife habitats. Power was just the beginning. Logan Martin Reservoir Facts: Elevation above sea level: 465 feet Area: 15,263 acres. MartinLogan Dynamo subwoofers offer audiophile grade performance, home-friendly aesthetics, and a bevy of wireless features including app based controls, app based Anthem Room Correction, and optional wireless audio connections. Logan Martin Dam Park at Logan Martin Lake. Located on the eastern edge of the embankment that holds back the lake topped by the aptly named Logan Martin Road, Logan Martin Picnic Area provides visitors a relaxing spot to take in views of the lake, its dam and an occasional run of skiers through the lake’s most visited slalom course.

Why do some lakes on the Coosa flood when others don’t? As we’ll explain, it’s because some lakes are flood control lakes whereas other lakes are what we call “run of river.”

Lay Lake, Lake Mitchell and Lake Jordan are run of river lakes. Their levels do not vary considerably throughout the year. At any given time, approximately the same amount of water being let into the lake is being let out of the lake. Boulder station casino. This is controlled by both generators and flood gates which are opened in a big rain.As a result, homes can be built much closer to the water on these lakes.

Weiss, Neely Henry and Logan Martin Lakes are all flood control lakes. These three lakes are lowered in the winter, which is the rainy season in Alabama, so that when the big rains come, the lake level can be let up without causing damage to private property or the dams themselves. In fact, sometimes the lake comes up even higher than it normally is in the summer. This is why homes on these lakes are all higher up off the water.

When Alabama Power originally constructed the lakes, they acquired property rights and flood easements which legally allow them to flood these lakes up to certain levels. Many people living on Logan Martin and Neely Henry may not realize that they do not actually own all of the land at their lake property from their house down to the water. They only own the land above Alabama Power’s fee ownership elevation, as listed below.

Lake	Summer Elevation	Alabama Power Fee Ownership Elevation	Flood Easement Elevation
Weiss	564′	565′	572′-578′
Neely Henry	508′	509 to 521′	509′ to 527′
Logan Martin	465′	465′ to 473′	473′ to 490′
Lay	396′	397′-406′	397′-410′
Mitchell	312′	317′	–
Jordan	252′	253′	15′ horizontal from 253′ elevation

Ranges provided in the above table indicate that the exact fee ownership and flood easement elevations vary by parcel across the lake. Check your deed to see what elevations apply to your individual property.

If you live on a flood control lake, you can protect your personal property from damage by ensuring that anything you keep on your property in the flood easement is secure. Casino joa mandelieu. Most of us who have spent a good bit of time on the lake in the winter have seen a dock floating downriver that wasn’t properly secured to shore. It’s quite a sight! Even more common is assorted items left lying about on the ground.

We hope this blog post helped to explain how and why Alabama Power is allowed to flood the lake into your yard! Interested in learning more about private property rights on the Coosa River? Check out Who Owns the Coosa River? – a rather lengthy, but thorough look at who really owns the riparian rights on the Coosa’s lakes.

This blog post was written by Frank Chitwood, Staff Riverkeeper

Lake Logan Martin
Location	Calhoun / St. Clair / Talladega counties, Alabama, US
Coordinates	33°27′0″N86°19′10″W / 33.45000°N 86.31944°W
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States
Max. depth	110 ft (34 m)
Shore length¹	275 mi (443 km)
Islands	Several small island; One private island owned by The Yacht Club on Lake Logan Martin
Settlements	Pell City
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Logan Martin Lake is a reservoir located in east central Alabama on the Coosa River approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Birmingham, Alabama. This 17,000-acre (69 km²) reservoir was built in 1965 by Alabama Power Company. The lake, nicknamed Lake of a Thousand Coves by locals, has 275 miles (443 km) of shoreline along its 48.5-mile (78.1 km) length sandwiched between Logan Martin Dam on the south and Neely Henry Dam on the north. The depth of the lake is 35 to 110 feet (34 m) with only five feet average water level variance. Logan Martin Lake offers boating, skiing and swimming.

The lake borders St. Clair and Talladega counties. The reservoir extends 48.5 miles (78.1 km) from Logan Martin Dam upstream to Neely Henry Dam, and it contains 15,263 acres (61.77 km²). Logan Martin has roughly 273 miles (439 km) of shoreline.

Alabama has a lake of a similar name, the Lake Martin on the Tallapoosa River, but Lake Martin and Logan Martin Lake are not part of the same river system.

Hydrology[edit]

Logan Martin Lake begins at the discharge of Neely Henry Dam near Ohatchee, Alabama (near the site of former Coosa River Lock 3)^[1] and extends south to Logan Martin Dam near Vincent, Alabama.^[2] The Coosa River is the primary inflow for the lake, in addition to numerous lakes and rivers. Prevailing flow is from the north to the south along a meandering course. The Coosa River arises in the Appalachian Mountains and its waters, and those of Logan Martin Lake, eventually discharge into Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico through the Alabama River and Mobile River. The Lake is largely a run-of-the-river reservoir through its upper reaches. From the location of Lock 4 to the I-20 bridge, the river expands, but is still largely confined to the original course of the Coosa River and the immediate mouths of tributary streams rather than spreading over the floodplain like a typical reservoir. From the I-20 bridge in the Riverside area to the Logan Martin Dam (approximately 23 miles), the lake expands to a width much greater than the original river channel, with large areas of open water and many medium to large sized sloughs and creeks. The maximum depth at the dam is 69 feet (21 m).^[3]

Geology[edit]

Logan Martin Lake is situated in the Northern Piedmont physiographic province of Alabama,^[4] characterized by generally low ridges at the very southern reach of the Appalachian Mountains. The reservoir lies primarily within the Ordovician Knox Group (OCk).^[5]

Wildlife[edit]

Numerous aquatic species make their home in Logan Martin Lake with game and non-game fish being the dominant interest for human use. Numerous local and national fishing tournaments are held on the lake annually, the lake has also hosted championship events of the FLW Outdoors Tour and the Bassmaster Classic in 1992, 1993, and 1997.^[6] Large numbers of both largemouth and spotted bass inhabit the lake, as well as striped bass, white bass, hybrid bass, crappie, catfish (mostly of the channel variety), bream, drum, carp, and gar. Fish in Logan Martin lake are polluted with, in some cases, substantial amounts of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),^[7] originat

Logan Martin Lake Poker Run