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B. Everett Jordan Lake
B. Everett Jordan Lake
Location	Chatham County, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′0″N 79°1′30″W / 35.75°N 79.025°WCoordinates: 35°45′0″N 79°1′30″W / 35.75°N 79.025°W
Lake type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Haw River, New Hope Creek, Morgan Creek, and Little Creek
Primary outflows	Haw River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	13,940 acres (56.4 km2)
Shore length1	200 mi (320 km)
Surface elevation	216 ft (66 m)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

B. Everett Jordan Lake is a reservoir located west of Raleigh and south of Durham in Chatham County, North Carolina, in the United States of America. The reservoir was developed and is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which dammed and flooded the Haw River and New Hope River between 1973 and 1983 as part of a flood control project prompted by a particularly damaging tropical storm that hit the region

The northern end of Jordan Lake, near the Morgan Creek inlet.

downstream in September 1945. Originally authorized in 1963 as the New Hope Lake Project, the reservoir was renamed in 1974 in memory of B. Everett Jordan, former North Carolina Senator. The reservoir covers 13,940 acres (56 km²) at its standard water level of 216 feet (66 m) above sea level. The reservoir is part of the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area.

During the construction of the reservoir, much of the area was permanently changed. Many farming families were relocated as the project was developed and several roads in eastern Chatham County were either rerouted or taken out of commission completely. Some of the roads were never demolished, but simply allowed to flood over. When the lake is at low water volume, many of these roads can still be seen and some have even been utilized for make shift boat ramps.

Completed in 1974, the Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 35°39′15″N 79°4′0″W / 35.65417°N 79.066667°W / 35.65417; -79.066667 (B. Everett Jordan Dam) 4 miles (6 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage basin. The dam is 1,330 feet (405 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81 m) above mean sea level.

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