Toccoa Falls

Toccoa Falls
	Toccoa Falls in Stephens County, Georgia
Coordinates	34 ° 35 '46.2 " N , 83 ° 21' 37.9" W Coordinates: 34 ° 35 '46.2 " N , 83 ° 21' 37.9" W.
place	Toccoa , Georgia , United States
height	57 m
Number of fall levels	1
flow	Toccoa Creek → Tugaloo River

The Toccoa Falls is a waterfall on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. It is located around four kilometers northwest of Toccoa city center .

Toccoa Falls is one of the tallest falls east of the Mississippi , with a drop of 57 meters (186 feet ) . It is as high as Niagara Falls at its highest point, the Horseshoe Falls . The name comes from the term tagwahi ("where the Catawba lived" or simply "beautiful") of the Cherokee. The feeding stream is the Toccoa Creek .

On November 6, 1977, after heavy rains above the Toccoa Falls, the Kelly Barnes Dam broke , in which 39 people died.

Web links

Commons : Toccoa Falls - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Website with further information, a report, photos and a video

Toccoa Falls on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System

Individual evidence

↑ Toccoa Falls. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): “A beautiful 186-foot-high waterfall, Toccoa Falls is one of the tallest free-falling waterfalls east of the Mississippi River. It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, a four-year, fully accredited Christian college. "
↑ The names stayed. In: news.google.com. Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, August 29, 1990, p. 53 of 84 , accessed on June 25, 2015 (Sources include "Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney," Placenames of Georgia "by John Goff and" Indian Place Names in Alabama "by William A. Reed.):" Toccoa comes from tagwahi, meaning Catawba (Indian) place. "
^ City History. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): "Founded in the aftermath of the Civil War, the City of Toccoa is named for the Cherokee word for" beautiful "."
↑ Feature Detail Report for: Toccoa Creek. GNIS, accessed on July 31, 2017 (English): "Linear Feature (Stream, Valley, Arroyo) Source Sequence Latitude (DEC) Longitude (DEC) Latitude (DMS) Longitude (DMS) Map Name 3 34.6128751 -83.4112774 343646N 0832441W Ayersville"
^ Mark Morrison: Geography & Environment. Major River Systems - Waterfalls. New Georgia Encyclopedia, September 6, 2002, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English, last edited by Chris Dobbs on April 13, 2017): “In November 1977 an earthen dam on the creek above the falls burst after torrential rains and flooded the campus, taking the lives of thirty-nine people as they slept. "
↑ Toccoa Falls. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): “The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above the Toccoa Falls Bible College, failed in the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 1977. Thirty-nine people died in the resulting flood , which inundated part of the campus including a trailer park. "

[1] Toccoa Falls. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): “A beautiful 186-foot-high waterfall, Toccoa Falls is one of the tallest free-falling waterfalls east of the Mississippi River. It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, a four-year, fully accredited Christian college. "

[2] The names stayed. In: news.google.com. Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, August 29, 1990, p. 53 of 84 , accessed on June 25, 2015 (Sources include "Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney," Placenames of Georgia "by John Goff and" Indian Place Names in Alabama "by William A. Reed.):" Toccoa comes from tagwahi, meaning Catawba (Indian) place. "

[3] City History. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): "Founded in the aftermath of the Civil War, the City of Toccoa is named for the Cherokee word for" beautiful "."

[4] Feature Detail Report for: Toccoa Creek. GNIS, accessed on July 31, 2017 (English): "Linear Feature (Stream, Valley, Arroyo) Source Sequence Latitude (DEC) Longitude (DEC) Latitude (DMS) Longitude (DMS) Map Name 3 34.6128751 -83.4112774 343646N 0832441W Ayersville"

[5] Mark Morrison: Geography & Environment. Major River Systems - Waterfalls. New Georgia Encyclopedia, September 6, 2002, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English, last edited by Chris Dobbs on April 13, 2017): “In November 1977 an earthen dam on the creek above the falls burst after torrential rains and flooded the campus, taking the lives of thirty-nine people as they slept. "

[6] Toccoa Falls. City of Toccoa, accessed on July 30, 2017 (English): “The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above the Toccoa Falls Bible College, failed in the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 1977. Thirty-nine people died in the resulting flood , which inundated part of the campus including a trailer park. "