Overview
The basins of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint rivers (ACF) extend about 385 miles from northeast Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico. The total drainage area of this basin is about 19,600 square miles.

The Apalachicola River (2,370 square miles) includes the Corps-operated Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam and Lake Seminole along its length. The river lies completely within the Coastal Plain over the 108 miles of its length, and flows south across northwest Florida from the Georgia border to Apalachicola Bay in Florida. For the EIS, this basin will also include the Apalachicola Bay watershed.

The Chattahoochee River Basin (8,770 square miles) includes a number of regulated lakes and impoundments.

The Chattahoochee River includes several projects operated by the Corps:

  • Buford Dam and Lake Lanier
  • West Point Dam and Lake
  • W.F. George Lock and Dam, and Lake Eufaula
  • George W. Andrews Lock and Dam and Lake

This river also includes several projects operated by Georgia Power Company:

  • Morgan Falls Dam
  • Langdale Dam
  • Riverview Dam
  • Bartletts Ferry Dam
  • Goat Rock Dam
  • Oliver Dam
  • North Highlands Dam

The Chattahoochee River basin also includes:

  • City Mills Dam owned by City Mills
  • Eagle and Phenix Dam owned by Consolidated Hydro








These two projects are currently inoperative.

The Chattahoochee river originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Highlands of northeast Georgia, where it flows southwesterly for 120 miles before turning south and flowing about 200 miles along the Georgia and Alabama borders, and a small part of the Florida border.

The Flint River (8,460 square miles) includes Blackshear Dam and Lake, and Flint River Dam and Lake Worth. This river originates near the south of Atlanta in the Piedmont Province and flows southerly to the upper Coastal Plain, where it joins the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole to form the Apalachicola River.
If you have questions or would like to comment on any of the information in this web page, please contact either of these Corps representatives: Mike Eubanks or Joanne Brandt.

 

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