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Lake Taneycomo originated when the White River was confined by the completion of the Powersite Dam, near Forsyth, Missouri, in 1913. [2] From 1913 until 1958 it was a warm water lake. [3] In the 1920s and 1930s, tourists began to be drawn to the lake and its nearby communities, Branson and Rockaway Beach. Water skiing, boating, fishing, sunning ...
The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge is a continuous truss bridge in Lake Ozark. The bridge is over 2,695 ft (821 m) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide. [ 31 ] Built in 1998, it is one of the newest bridges in the Lake of the Ozarks area, primarily built to connect the east (towards Lake Ozark and Osage Beach) and west sides (towards Sunrise Beach ...
Table Rock Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas in the United States. Designed, built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lake is impounded by Table Rock Dam, which was constructed from 1954 to 1958 on the White River creating the lake.
Lake Ozark has a humid subtropical climate. Summers are hot and humid, with thunderstorms and other severe weather common. Winters are generally cold with mild periods, but the temperature of the lake can alter the climate with heavy fog and milder weather than other municipalities further away from the lake.
Devils Lake has experienced severe flooding and has risen more than 31 ft (9.4 m) since 1993. ... Lake of the Ozarks: Missouri: 2,000,000 acre⋅ft (2.5 km 3) 130 ft ...
Local officials at the Lake of the Ozarks have signed off on plans for a $350 million family entertainment development. But owners of a beloved timeshare resort worry “they are going to push us ...
The Lake of the Ozarks is often listed as one of the most dangerous lakes in the country for boating and drowning accidents. U.S. Coast Guard statistics recorded 61 boating accidents on the lake ...
The resulting reservoir, the Lake of the Ozarks, has a surface area of 55,000 acres (22,000 ha), over 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline, and stretches 94 miles (151 km) from end to end. At the time of construction, it was the largest man-made lake in United States and one of the largest in the world.