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Ross Barnett Reservoir
Jackson's inland sea on the Pearl River, everyone just calls it 'the Rez'.
The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step
- 6 ft · first step
- 12 ft
- 19 ft
- 25 ft
- 31 ft
- 37 ft · bottom
37 ftmaximum depth
0.1square miles of water
6depth layers cut
4roads engraved on the 12"
2.5 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 15.5 lb at 30")
The lake
About Ross Barnett Reservoir
Ross Barnett Reservoir sits on the Pearl River just northeast of Jackson, Mississippi, formed in 1963 when the Ross Barnett Dam closed and flooded the river valley. It covers about 33,000 acres with depths to 60 feet, and everyone in central Mississippi just calls it 'the Rez'. Ridgeland, Flowood, Brandon and Madison line its shore, with marinas, sandbars and the Pearl River tailwater below the dam. More than two million people visit it each year, making it one of the busiest reservoirs in the South.
On the board
- 4 roads engraved around the shore, 1 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
Why we cut this one
Ross Barnett Reservoir is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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