Lake Norman Facts
Year Built: 1959-1964
Area: 32,510 acres at full pond
Length: 33.6 miles
Width: 9 miles
Shore line: 520 miles
Maximum depth: 110 ft
Average depth: 33.5 ft
Maximum drawdown: 15 ft
Capacity: 3.4 trillion gallons of water
Volume: 1,093,600 acre-ft
Average river flow @ Cowan's Ford: 1,726 MGD
Named for: Norman Atwater Cocke (former president of Duke Power)
Lake level: 1-800-829-5253