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Power generation was not originally included in the project purpose for Norfork Dam. However, this was unacceptable to the people of Baxter County and the surrounding region. The sparse population of the area did not justify investment, by private companies, in a large network of power lines.
2019 net generation Water source Operator Opened Beaver Lake Dam: Carroll County: 112 2 261,746 [22] White River: Southwestern Power Administration: 1965 [23] Blakely Mountain: Garland/Montgomery: 75 2 231,668 [24] Ouachita River: Southwestern Power Administration: 1956 [23] Bull Shoals: Baxter/Marion: 340 4 1.4 million [25] White River ...
Denison Dam: 80 1943 Bryan County, OK / Grayson County, TX: Norfork Dam: 80.4 1944 Mountain Home, Arkansas: Fort Gibson Dam: 48 1949 Fort Gibson, Oklahoma: Bull Shoals Dam: 380 1951 Bull Shoals, Arkansas: Narrows Dam: 25.5 1951 Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Whitney Dam: 43 [5] 1951 Whitney, Texas: Tenkiller Ferry Dam: 34 1952 Gore, Oklahoma: Blakely ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Norfork Dam creates Norfork Lake and the Norfork Tailwater near Salesville. Reservoirs ... Norfork Lake , el. 548 feet (167 m) [5] Ozark ...
In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 61.3% natural gas, 34.2% nuclear, 1.1% biomass & refuse-derived fuels, 1% solar, 0.9% hydroelectric, 0.4% petroleum, and 1.1% other. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 1,243 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2023.
At the end of the day, Table Rock Dam's No. 1 goal is and always was about flood risk reduction for the Ozarks.
The roadway on top of the Norfork Dam is AR 177.. AR 177 begins in Herron and heads north to meet AR 5 in Norfork.It concurs with AR 5 north until Salesville.North of Salesville, AR 177 serves the Norfork National Fish Hatchery, the Quarry Cove Use Area, and bridges the Norfork Dam.