Jordan Lake (Alabama)

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| name = Lake Jordan

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| image = File:Alabama - Jordan Dam - NARA - 23933405 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Jordan Lake with dam in foreground, 1932

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| location = Elmore County, Alabama, United States

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| rivers = Coosa River

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| length = {{convert|18|miles|km|abbr=on}}

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| area = {{convert|6,800|acres|km2|abbr=on}}

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| volume = {{convert|236,200|acre-feet|m3|abbr=on}}

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| shore = {{convert|188|miles|km|abbr=on}}

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File:RiverFallsOfTheCoosaRiver.jpg

Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama. The closest city is Wetumpka.

Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of {{convert|6,800|acres|km2}}, shoreline of about {{convert|188|miles|km}}, a total length of {{convert|18|miles|km}}, and a maximum storage volume of {{convert|236,200|acre-feet|m3}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lakejordan.info/Statistics.asp |title=Lake Jordan Statistics |access-date=2012-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929041334/http://www.lakejordan.info/Statistics.asp |archive-date=2010-09-29 |url-status=dead }} It is a recreational lake with fishing opportunities for largemouth bass, spotted bass, bluegill and other sunfish, crappie, catfish, striped bass, hybrid and white bass. The lake has two public access sites.{{cite web |url=http://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/coosa.asp#Jordan-Bouldin |title= Coosa Project - Alabama Power|website=www.alabamapower.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116042810/http://www.alabamapower.com/hydro/coosa.asp |archive-date=2007-11-16}}

Owned and operated by Alabama Power, the lake was impounded December 31, 1928 and named for the mother of Reuben and Sidney Mitchell, who were instrumental in the construction of Mitchell Dam, also on the Coosa River and also run by Alabama Power. Jordan Dam is a concrete arch dam, {{convert|125|ft}} high, built for hydropower generation with a 100 megawatt generating capacity.