Hickory Log Creek Dam - Dam and Reservoir

Dam and Reservoir

Hickory Log Creek Dam is a 180-foot (55 m) high roller-compacted-concrete dam just north of the Riverstone business district in Canton, and just west of Bluffs Parkway. (34°16′02″N 84°28′30″W / 34.2671°N 84.4749°W / 34.2671; -84.4749 (Hickory Log Creek Dam)Coordinates: 34°16′02″N 84°28′30″W / 34.2671°N 84.4749°W / 34.2671; -84.4749 (Hickory Log Creek Dam)) The city partnered with the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA) to build the dam. Hickory Log Creek Reservoir is a drought-contingency reservoir which provides an additional source of drinking water for the area.

The dam is approximately 950 feet (290 m) or 290 meters wide, and 180 feet (55 m) or 55 meters high, making it one of largest dams in the state of Georgia not built by the Corps of Engineers or Georgia Power. Construction was completed December 2007, and filling of the reservoir was expected to take another two years.

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The reservoir covers 411 acres (1.66 km2) when full, and offers 15 miles (24 km) of shoreline. At capacity, it will hold about 6 billion US gallons (23,000,000 m3) of water. It is permitted for a withdrawal of 39 million US gallons (150,000 m3) per day, which will be shared by Canton and CCMWA. In addition to the dam and reservoir, the project also includes an intake and pump station, plus a pipeline to transport water between the reservoir and the Etowah River.

Several miles or kilometers of the creek will be submerged, and 411 acres (1.66 km2) of native and mostly hardwood trees are being clear-cut for the lake. It will also receive runoff directly from Bluffs Technology Park, an industrial park constructed immediately to the lake's east along Bluffs Parkway, in what is now forested and very hilly area just west of Interstate 575.