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T. C. Hughes, City Engineer, studied government topographic maps and concluded that water could flow by gravity from Spavinaw to a point west of Catoosa, Oklahoma. Hughes included this in a report he published in 1912, estimating the cost at about 100 million dollars. [1] In 1920, the Tulsa mayor appointed a non-partisan water board.
In 1952, Lake Eucha in Delaware County, Oklahoma, was created by completion of the Eucha dam on Spavinaw Creek. [1] The nearest town is Jay, Oklahoma. [2] This lake is owned by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and functions as additional storage and as a buffer for Lake Spavinaw, which is the principal municipal water source for Tulsa.
The water storage capacity is rated as 552,210 acre-feet (681,140,000 m 3). [2] The lake is formed along the Verdigris River , and is a source of water for the Tulsa Metropolitan Area . The purpose of the dam and lake is flood control, water supply, navigation , recreation, and fish and wildlife.
Lake Yahola is a reservoir in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [3] The reservoir was completed in 1924. Its primary purpose is to store raw water for treatment and distribution. This city-owned, 2-billion-US-gallon (7,600,000 m 3), concrete-lined lake is an integral part of the Tulsa water supply, and receives water by pipeline from Lake Spavinaw.
Holmes Peak, north of the city, is the tallest point in the Tulsa Metro area at 1,360 ft (415 m) [42] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.8 square miles (484 km 2), of which 182.6 square miles (473 km 2) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km 2) (2.24%) is water.
The first dam was built in 1923 creating Lake Spavinaw as part of the Spavinaw Water Project. Much of the town of Spavinaw had to be relocated to higher ground. The purpose of the lake was to supply water to the city of Tulsa. [5] The creek was dammed a second time in 1952, creating Lake Eucha as an expanded storage for the Spavinaw system. [6]
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Name Capacity in acre feet (normal pool) surface acres (normal pool) average depth water clarity Lake Texoma: 2,643,000: 88,000 acres (35,612 ha) 30 feet (9.1 m)