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Snyder is a city in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,394 at the 2010 census . This figure represented a decline of 7.6 percent from 1,509 persons in 2000.
Created in 1975, Tom Steed Reservoir is a reservoir in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of the city of Snyder, Oklahoma. [a] The reservoir area was created by damming West Otter Creek and diverting flows of Elk Creek through the Bretch Diversion Canal by Mountain Park Dam.
Created in 1979, it is operated by the city of Ardmore as a water supply [1] recreational area. The lake has a normal surface area of 232 acres (94 ha) with 5 miles (8 km) of shoreline and a mean depth of 14.5 feet (4.4 m). The lake has a capacity of 3,550 acre-feet (4,380,000 m 3). [3]
Lake Overholser is named after Ed Overholser who was the 16th Mayor of the City of Oklahoma City. [ 3 ] The lake was originally intended to assure an adequate supply of municipal water, since the city depended primarily on the North Canadian River as a source, supplemented by private wells.
Irving, Texas has entered negotiations with the Hugo to obtain a supply of fresh water by building a pipeline and purchasing excess water from Hugo Lake. In 2002 the Oklahoma state legislature passed a moratorium on water sales outside the state. Hugo sued the state in federal court citing that the state's moratorium is unconstitutional. [6]
The lake provides the water supply for the Fort Sill and Lawton communities as situated south of the water reservoir. [5] The town of Medicine Park is south of the lake and provides a visual of the Lawtonka dam. Lawtonka Acres and Robinson's Landing Marina are located at the north shoreline boundaries of the Lawtonka recreation area.
U.S. Route 62 Business in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in Cherokee County, Oklahoma is a fourth business route of US 62 in Oklahoma. The route runs along former sections of the main route along Muskogee Avenue beginning at the western terminus of US 62/OK 82's overlap with OK 51, then runs north into downtown Tahlequah, where it turns right running east along East Downing Street until reaching its ...
Holdenville Lake, also called Lake Holdenville, [1] is a reservoir in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Owned and operated by the City of Holdenville, Oklahoma, it supplies most of the drinking water for Hughes County. [2] It is just 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Holdenville and a 1.5 hour drive from Oklahoma City. [3]