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Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th-largest US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. [1] Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklahoma , and Grayson County, Texas , about 726 miles (1,168 km) upstream from the mouth of the river.
Denison Dam, also known as Lake Texoma Dam, is a dam located on the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma that impounds Lake Texoma. The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power production, river regulation, navigation and recreation. [ 3 ]
Name Capacity in acre feet (normal pool) surface acres (normal pool) average depth water clarity Lake Texoma: 2,643,000: 88,000 acres (35,612 ha) 30 feet (9.1 m)
A huge water-sucking vortex has opened up on Lake Texoma, which is located along the border of Texas and Oklahoma. Though it looks fierce and dangerous, the authorities have expressed that there's ...
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Eisenhower State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Texas, northwest of Denison, Texas on the shores of Lake Texoma. The park is 423.1 acres (171 ha). The park is 423.1 acres (171 ha). History
It cuts through the Oklahoma counties of Roger Mills, Custer, Washita, Caddo, Grady, Garvin, Murray, Carter, and Johnston before emptying into Lake Texoma, which is the modern border between Bryan County and Marshall County. [3] The river bisects the heart of the Anadarko Basin, the fifth-largest natural gas formation area in the United States.
Sand Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Lake Texoma in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2] The CDP is in western Bryan County, on the east shore of the Washita River tributary arm of Lake Texoma, an impoundment on the Red River.