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Re: dam-l towns submerged by lakes



The Digital Gazeteer of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has
prepared a database of US places. As a part of the database, 57 places have
been identified as "inundated". I have included the names below in tab
separated format. The field included are: Place Name, State, County,
Latitude, Longitude, Bibliography Code, Description, and History.
Additional information about the  Digital Gazeteer can be found at:
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/

Enjoy, 

Damon Scott

	
THE NAMES:

Custer (historical)	AR, Arkansas	Baxter	36.41806	-92.2375	US-M105/1936
Site inundated by Norfork Lake
Fir (historical)	AR, Arkansas	Montgomery	34.5875	-93.43889	US-M105/1936
Site inundated by Lake Ouachita
Hand (historical)	AR, Arkansas	Baxter	36.27667	-92.19472	US-M105/1936		Site
inundated by Norfork Lake
Miller (historical)	AR, Arkansas	Cleburne	35.50694	-92.12361	US-M105/1936
Site inundated by Greers Ferry Lake
Alamo Crossing (historical)	AZ, Arizona	La Paz	34.26056	-113.58194	AZ-T106
Inundated
Redbud Park (historical)	CA, California	Napa	38.51944	-122.13611
US-M962/Capay/1945		Site inundated by Lake Berryessa
Kennett (historical)	CA, California	Shasta	40.74167	-122.40639
US-M9125/Redding/1901		Inundated by Shasta Lake
Land (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.55361	-121.46667	US-M924/Bidwell
Bar/1947		Inundated by Lake Oroville
Lorraine (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.46917	-121.64917
US-M962/Gridley/1952	Fernandez Grant	Site inundated by Thermalito Afterbay
Minersville (historical)	CA, California	Trinity	40.85139	-122.78194
US-M9125/Weaverville/1913		Site inundated by Clair Engle Lake
Monticello (historical)	CA, California	Napa	38.57778	-122.20611
US-M962/Capay/1945	Las Putas Grant	Site inundated by Lake Berryessa
Pleyto (historical)	CA, California	Monterey	35.86111	-120.99611
US-M962/Bradley/1919		Site inundated by San Antonio Reservoir
Foster Bar (historical)	CA, California	Yuba	39.43611	-121.12889
US-M9125/Smartsville/1895		Inundated by Bullards Bar Reservoir
Salmon Falls (historical)	CA, California	El Dorado	38.75806	-121.05722
US-M924/Pilot Hill/1954		Inundated by Folsom Lake
South Fork (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.54083	-121.41944
US-M924/Bidwell Bar/1947		Inundated by Lake Oroville
Mussey Grove (historical)	CA, California	San Diego	32.92778	-116.90556
US-M111/El Cajon/1948		Site inundated by San Vicente Reservoir
Isabella (historical)	CA, California	Kern	35.65556	-118.46028
US-M962/Isabella/1943		Site inundated by Isabella Lake
Garden Valley (historical)	CA, California	Yuba	39.43472	-121.10417
US-M9125/Smartsville/1895		Inudated by Bullards Bar Reservoir
Enterprise (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.53639	-121.36306
US-M924/Forbestown/1948		Inundated by Lake Oroville
El Capitan (historical)	CA, California	San Diego	32.93472	-116.77278
US-M962/Elcajon/1903		Site inundated by El Capitan Reservoir
Cedar Springs (historical)	CA, California	San Bernardino	34.28333
-117.33333	US-M111/Hesperia/1947		Inundated by Silverwood Lake
Bullards Bar (historical)	CA, California	Yuba	39.42278	-121.13778
US-M9125/Smartsville/1895		Inundated by Bullards Bar Reservoir
Bloomer (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.62444	-121.49028
US-M924/Bidwell Bar/1947		Inundated by Lake Oroville
Bidwell Bar (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.55667	-121.44028
US-M924/Bidwell Bar/1947		Inundated by Lake Oroville
Bidwell (historical)	CA, California	Butte	39.55694	-121.46444
US-M924/Bidwell Bar/1947		Inundated by Lake Oroville
Auld (historical)	CA, California	Riverside	33.58611	-117.06056
US-M111/Murrieta/1947		Inundated by Skinner Reservoir
Hullville (historical)	CA, California	Lake			CA-T61/p113		Site inundated by
Lake Pillsbury
Iola (historical)	CO, Colorado	Gunnison	38.475	-107.09667	US-ATLAS
Inundated by Blue Mesa Reservoir
Butler (historical)	FL, Florida	Jackson	30.79778	-84.94361	FL-M19
Inundated due to construction of the Jim Woodruff Reservoir
Oketeyeconne (historical)	GA, Georgia	Clay	31.64306	-85.08056	GA-T115/p17
Site inundated by Walter F George Reservoir
Hunt (historical)	GA, Georgia	Towns	34.96861	-83.7525
US-M9125/Dahlonega/1903		Site inundated by Chatuge Lake
Donley Station (historical)	IA, Iowa	Marion	41.33417	-93.175	IA-T22		Now
inundated by water.
Green Castle (historical)	IA, Iowa	Johnson	41.77444	-91.66611	IA-T5/p93
Now partly inundated in water IA-T5/p.93
Greenwich Village (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Worcester	42.38333	-72.275
	E of Baffle Dam and 3.5 mi ESE of Prescott Hill; Town of Hardwick.
Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir 1926-1940 (Mermel 1963; MGB 1932).
Prescott (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Franklin	42.39167	-72.34583		At the
S slope of Prescott Hill; Town of New Salem.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir
1926-1940 (Mermel 1963; MGB 1932).
Millington (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Franklin	42.47639	-72.3		2.6 mi
NE of North Prescott; Town of New Salem.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir
1926-1940 (Mermel 1963; MGB 1932).
Greenwich (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Worcester	42.35833	-72.29667		0.7
mi N of Mount Lizzie; Town of Petersham.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir
Enfield (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Hampshire	42.31667	-72.33333		0.7 mi
W of Little Quabbin; Town of Ware.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir 1926-1940
(Mermel 1963; MGB 1932).
Boylston	MA, Massachusetts	Worcester	42.39167	-71.70417		2 mi SSW of
Clinton; Town of Boylston.	Inundated by Wachusett Reservoir 1896-1906
(Mermel 1958; Mass. Guide, 1937).
North Dana (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Worcester	42.45556	-72.27917		3
mi E of North Prescott; Town of Petersham.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir
1926-1940 (Mermel 1963; MGB 1932).
Dana (historical)	MA, Massachusetts	Worcester	42.43333	-72.26667		4 mi SE
of North Prescott.	Inundated by Quabbin Reservoir 1926-1940; became a part
of the Town of Petersham (MGB 1932; Mermel 1963).
Triadelphia (historical)	MD, Maryland	Montgomery	39.23333	-77.04167
US-M962/Rockville/1923		Mill town built in 1809, inundated in 1931 by
Triadelphia Reservoir
Shamburg (historical)	MD, Maryland	Baltimore	39.62889	-76.73472
US-M962/Parkton/1902		Inundated by Prettyboy Reservoir
Dulaney Valley (historical)	MD, Maryland	Baltimore	39.46111	-76.55028
US-M962/Baltimore/1899		Site inundated by Loch Raven Reservoir
Bosley (historical)	MD, Maryland	Baltimore	39.45056	-76.575
US-M962/Baltimore/1899		Site inundated by Loch Raven Reservoir
Shawnee Bend (historical)	MO, Missouri	Camden			US-I001/950914/Camden CTY
Commissioner	mapname is Lake Ozark	The community was inundated by the
creation of the Lake of the Ozarks in 1931
Nagos	MT, Montana	Missoula	46.99167	-114.11194			Inundated by Lake Koocanusa
Tuscola (historical)	NC, North Carolina	Haywood			US-T131/1968/The NC
Gazetteer/p269		This community was inundated by the creation of Lake
Junaluska and lake Junaluska Dam. Reportedly a Post Office operated there
in the 1870's and 1880's.
Elk Lick (historical)	OH, Ohio	Clermont	39.02778	-84.13111
US-M117/Clermont/1923		Inundated by William H Harsha Lake
Pritchard (historical)	PA, Pennsylvania	Tioga	41.98639	-77.15778
Inundated by new Lake Cowanesque
Andersonville (historical)	SC, South Carolina	Anderson	34.44722	-82.85528
SC-T57/v11/p123		Site inundated by Hartwell Lake
Price (historical)	SC, South Carolina	Anderson	34.47583	-82.86694
US-M9125/Elberton/1893		Site inundated by Hartwell Lake
Greenwood (historical)	VA, Virginia	Bath	37.95417	-79.96583	US-M962/Clifton
Forge/1949		Site inundated by Lake Moomaw
Yates (historical)	WV, West Virginia	Taylor	39.29528	-80.02444
US-M962/Fairmont/1923		Inundated by Tygart Lake
Morrison (historical)	WV, West Virginia	Nicholas	38.22528	-80.90472
US-M117/Nicholas/1920		Inundated by Summersville Dam
Sandy (historical)	WV, West Virginia	Taylor	39.26972	-79.96222
US-M117/Barbour/1917		Inundated by Tygart Lake
Stone House (historical)	WV, West Virginia	Taylor	39.27639	-80.01194
WV-T78/p21		Inundated by Tygart Lake

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Damon Scott (dscott@mail.utexas.edu)
Graduate Student
Department of Geography
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At 01:26 PM 9/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:06 98-06-23 -0400, Daniel Wallace wrote:
>>Hi. I'm a writer looking for information of any kind on towns that have
>>been submerged beneath man-made lakes. Could you help me? There's a prize
>>for you if you can!
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>Daniel Wallace
>>
>>
>I read something just in the Montreal Gazette (in May or June of this year)
>about a Mexican town near the US border that was flooded, but that is
>re-emerging as the reservoir runs dry.  It was probably a story reprinted
>from another newspaper, so there's a good chance you can find it somewhere
>on the web.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>Philip Raphals
>Directeur adjoint (Associate Director)
>Le Centre Hélios - Stratégies énergétiques et environnementales
>Helios Centre for Sustainable Energy Strategies
>651, rue Querbes
>Outremont (Quebec)
>Canada
>H2V 3W6
>
>(514) 277-2405 (telephone)
>(514) 277-8282 (fax)
>
>Raphals@NetAxis.qc.ca
>


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