Wilbur Reservoir Land Management Plan

Reservoir Land Management Plans (RLMPs) effectively guide land use approvals, private water use facility permitting, and resource management decisions on TVA-managed public land. Wilbur Reservoir is one of seven tributary reservoirs included in the Northeastern Tributary RLMP project, which was approved by the TVA Board of Directors in June 2010.

Wilbur Reservoir is located 2 river miles north of Watauga Dam along the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee. The reservoir is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest and flanked by the Appalachian Mountains.

The area around Wilbur Dam is home to wildlife such as beavers, goldeneye ducks, and other waterfowl. Wilbur Dam is popular for trout fishing as well as rafting below the dam.

Scope

The scope of the Wilbur RLMP is 57.9 acres of the 4,932 total acres of TVA public land in the Northeastern Tributary RLMP. The Wilbur RLMP contains a regional overview, information about the environment around the reservoir and descriptions of each parcel of land. The reservoir property is divided into six parcels, and each parcel is assigned a single land use allocation zone. Descriptions of the allowable land uses within each land planning zone are available here.

Wilbur Reservoir Land Management Plan

Maps

Use the GIS Viewer Map to find individual parcels and land use allocations for TVA reservoir property.  Click on individual parcels to find out more information about a piece of TVA property.  Please note that parcel descriptions are included in the interactive map viewer for convenience, but may have been altered from the original description due to character length restrictions.  Please reference the appropriate Reservoir Land Management Plan for the complete parcel descriptions.  Also, please note that parcel descriptions are representative of the time in which the plans were written; some information may be out of date such as available facilities or names of commercial operations.

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Land Allocation Acreage

TVA land around Wilbur Reservoir has been allocated for certain land
uses as summarized in the table below.