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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 ...
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).
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.
Lake Hudson, also known as Markham Ferry Reservoir, is a man-made reservoir in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Locust Grove, Oklahoma and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pryor, Oklahoma. [1] It was created by the completion of the Robert S. Kerr Dam on the Grand River in 1964.
[6] Oklahoma set up the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) on January 10, 1935. Eventually, on September 18, 1937, with the help of Oklahoma Representative Wesley E. Disney, Senator Elmer Thomas and engineer W. R. Holway, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved $20 million in funding through the New Deal's Public Works Administration for the
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.
Hunter Taylor, a native of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, unexpectedly got to use his newly-purchased kayak during severe flooding that hit the area on May 20.Taylor can be seen paddling his kayak along a ...
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.