Lake Tishomingo Fun Facts


Lake dimensions (ref. 1)
Size: 200 acres (120 acres from ref. 2)
Lake length: about 1.5 miles from entrance to dam
Shoreline: about 5 1/6 mile
Max depth: 50 ft. (at dam)
Average depth: 35 ft.
Volume: 1.14 billion gallons (120 acres, avg. depth = 35').
A one (1) inch change in lake level is equal to 2.7 million gallons.
Dam: 900 ft. long, 55 ft. high (ref. 2)
Location: latitude = 38.30979 degrees
longitude = -90.58116 degrees
   
Watershed (ref 2)
Watershed size: Rectangular, approximately 15,000 ft long and 5,500 ft wide
Watershed area: 1900 acres
Watershed area to lake area ratio: 15:1
Watershed location: Majority of watershed lies to the east of the lake
   
Annual precipitation (ref 2)
Normal: Slightly over 35 in.
Maximum: 68 in.
Minimum: 20.6 in. (1953)
   
Ownership (ref. 3)
Lot owners: 379
Permanent residences: 142
Part time residences: 84
Most lots owned by one owner: 16 (ref. 4)
Lots owned by LTPOA: 38 (ref. 4)
   
References
1) Early LT advertisement from about 1949
2) Dredging engineering study
3) Sewer engineering study.
4) LT directory, 9-2002.


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