From left to right: Jacquetta Perry of Wind Creek State Park, Katie Semler with Oskar's Cafe, Georgia Bolan of Super 8, County Commissioner Steve Robinson, Haley McKelvey of Big Fish Real Estate Group and Janna Hall of Russell Marine helped Tallapoosa County Tourism Director Sandra Fuller (holding plug) celebrate Lake Martin Plug Day
Lake Martin is now filling up, and it’s time to start filling up the calendar with summer fun as well. To help you do that, Lake magazine and Tallapoosa County Lake Martin Tourism will be ‘plugging’ the area’s summer events all through the 50-day countdown to full pool. Visit Lake magazine’s Facebook page every day to learn more about the events and recreational opportunities offered at Lake Martin.
From left to right: Jacquetta Perry of Wind Creek State Park, Katie Semler with Oskar's Cafe, Georgia Bolan of Super 8, County Commissioner Steve Robinson, Haley McKelvey of Big Fish Real Estate Group and Janna Hall of Russell Marine helped Tallapoosa County Tourism Director Sandra Fuller (holding plug) celebrate Lake Martin Plug Day
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The countdown to full pool started at midnight on March 1 and will finish at midnight on April 19. The dates are stipulated in the 2015 Alabama Power license to operate Martin Dam. Issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the license requires that Alabama Power follow a published rule curve – a schedule of water targeted levels throughout the year. Barring emergency situations and flood control measures, the lake's water level rises about 1 foot every week between March 1 and April 19. Heavy rains and flooding anywhere along the Tallapoosa River system take precedence over the rule curve, but as soon as conditions return to normal, the water level on the lake readjusts to the rule curve.
