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The state park is centered at Burr Oak Lake. The dam for the lake is federal property under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, and is named Tom Jenkins Dam. It was built in 1950 for flood control. The maximum depth of the lake is around thirty feet. [4] The lake and park are named for the burr oak tree, a variety of oak. The area ...
The Masters' Hotel Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa, 2009. The Ingalls family moved to Burr Oak, Iowa, briefly in 1876 so that Pa could take a job co-managing The Masters' Hotel. [2] They would stay for only one year, before returning to Walnut Grove, and the family's time in Burr Oak was never mentioned in any of the "Little House" books.
2398982 [2] Glouster is a village in Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,659 at the 2020 census. It is close to Burr Oak State Park.
Burr Oak House/Masters Hotel. The Burr Oak House/Masters Hotel, also known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Park, is a historic building located in Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. The 1½-story frame structure was built in 1856, and features a full width front porch and a raised basement. Its significance is derived from three elements of ...
1 Hour- 2 Hours. Strouds Run State Park. Athens. East Fork State Park. Bethel. Kiser Lake State Park. Conover. Alum Creek State Park. Delaware.
The West Virginia state champion bur oak has a trunk diameter of almost 3 m (10 ft). Large bur oaks, older than 12 years, [ 11 ] are fire-tolerant because of their thick bark. [ 10 ] One of the bur oak's most common habitats, especially in Midwestern United States, is the oak savanna , where fires often occurred in early spring or late fall.
Coordinates: 38°53′57.52″N 92°27′52.57″W. The Big Tree in spring 2016. The Big Tree is a nearly 400-year-old bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) tree near the Missouri River in Boone County, Missouri. It is tied for National Champion, representing the largest tree of its species in the United States. Standing alone in the floodplain of the ...
66936. Area code. 785. FIPS code. 20-09525. GNIS ID. 2393473 [1] Burr Oak is a city in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 140.