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Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office
Thursday July 19th, 2018 :: 02:06 p.m. EDT

Advisory

avoid White's Dam area

Oconee Joe asked us to help spread the word, and since Oconee Joe is such a swell guy, we're going to do as he asked.

A work crew is breaching White's Dam on the Middle Oconee at Flinchum's Phoenix. A bunch of folks on tubes and rafts floated down the river and into the work zone.

Please avoid the area unless you want to play chicken with an excavator, a bunch of broken concrete, and some rebar.

No, this has nothing to do with the recent tragedy in Oconee.

No, the Sheriff can't make private property owners tear down their privately owned dams.

You now know every dam thing that we know.

Address/Location
Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office
1140 Experiment Station Rd
Watkinsville, GA 30677

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-769-5665

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