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03000883 [1][2] Added to NRHP. September 9, 2003. The Pensacola Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, is a multiple- arch buttress dam located between the towns of Disney and Langley on the Grand River in Mayes County, Oklahoma. The dam is operated by the Grand River Dam Authority and creates Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.
Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region.
46,500 acres (18,800 ha) Surface elevation. 745 ft (227 m) Settlements. Grove, Oklahoma, Disney, Oklahoma. Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is situated in Northeast Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range. It is often simply called Grand Lake. It is administered by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).
May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18) –June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14) Location. Eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri. Deaths. 5 total. Property damage. $3 billion (2019 USD) [ note 1 ] Between May and June 2019, an extended sequence of heavy rainfall events over the South Central United States caused historic ...
However, the effect was to leave Canton Lake 13 feet (4.0 m) below its normal level. This has contributed to an algae bloom. [6] In April 2016, the lake finally replenished from the 2013 water diversion Oklahoma City made. In August 2022, Oklahoma City officials have requested a water release from Canton Lake to replenish Lake Hefner.
Kaw Lake is a reservoir completed in 1976 in the northern reaches of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, near Kaw City which is located on a hill overlooking the lake. The lake is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Ponca City. [1] Newkirk is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the upper end of the lake. Kaw Dam is 9,466 feet (2,885 m) long and 121 feet (37 m ...
Optima Lake was built to be a reservoir in Texas County, Oklahoma.The site is just north of Hardesty and east of Guymon in the Oklahoma Panhandle. [2]The earthen Optima Lake Dam (National ID # OK20510) was completed in 1978 (46 years ago) () by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 120 feet (37 m), and a length at its crest of 16,875 feet (5,144 m). [3]
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 ...