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The results of the study concluded that it would cost over $6.2 million to construct a dam at the "Pensacola site" for flood control. [6] The name "Pensacola" was derived from the only available means of identifying the site at the time: an old store on a Cherokee plantation. [3]
Oklahoma Wildlife Department [6] Dripping Springs Lake: Okmulgee: 1150 [12] 741 [12] City of Okmulgee: information and photos [12] Ellsworth Lake: Lawton: East Cache Creek: 5,000: information: Elmer Lake: Kingfisher: 60: 1,119: Oklahoma Wildlife Department [6] information and photos: Carl G. Etling Lake: Boise City: Carrizo Creek: 159: Oklahoma ...
Lake Lawtonka is a lake in Comanche County in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. [4] [5] The lake is 2 square miles (5 km 2) in area. It is formed by a dam 60 feet (18 m) and 375 feet (114 m) long across Medicine Creek. [6] [7] The lake provides the water supply for the Fort Sill and Lawton communities as situated south of the water ...
Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [ a ] Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma . [ b ] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [ 2 ] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon .
The lake has 9.9 miles (15.9 km) of shoreline and its surface normally covers 263 acres (106 ha). [6] Lake elevation is approximately 400 feet (120 m) [1] The maximum capacity is 3,960 acre-ft and the normal storage is 1,681 acre-ft. [6] The average depth is 6.4 feet (2.0 m), with a maximum depth of 22 feet (6.7 m) [6] The earthen dam is 900 feet (270 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) high.
The lake became the primary source of water for the small communities of Glencoe, Morrison, Yale, Blackburn, Skeede, Maramec and Terlton, Oklahoma. It is a secondary source for the larger towns of Cleveland and Pawnee, Oklahoma. [2] According to one official website, the lake surface covers an area of 550 acres (2,200,000 m 2).
On May 7, the lake was at 114% of its historical average level. The so-called bathtub ring that clearly outlined the lake in 2022 — so stark it was visible from space — had disappeared by 2024.
Observation decks at the lake's visitors center allow guests to view barges and private watercraft as they pass through the lock system on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. [3] The lock, dam, and reservoir are named after Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma and U.S. senator from Oklahoma, who died in 1963.