Walter F. George Lock and Dam
Dam in Clay County, Georgia · Chattahoochee River · forms Lake Eufala
Height
171 ft
52 m (NID height)
Length
13,585 ft
4,141 m
Completed
1962
Lake Eufala today
187.05 ft
7 days ▼ 0.48 ft
vs full pool
▼ 2.25 ft
Normal storage
934,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Hydroelectric; Navigation; Recreation; Flood Risk Reduction
- Dam type
- Concrete
- Structural height
- 171 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Mobile District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 934,400 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 45,181 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 101 ft
- Drainage area
- 7,460 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 588 ft wide
- Navigation locks
- 1
- Army Corps district
- Mobile District
- Also known as
- Lake Eufala;Walter F. George Lake
- NID ID
- AL01432
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 7, 2026. Search NID ID AL01432 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.