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It flows into the Arkansas River in southern Kay County, 7 miles (11 km) south of Ponca City. In Alfalfa County, a dam on the river impounds Great Salt Plains Lake , which is lined with salt flats and is the site of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and a state park .
Ponca City is located in southeastern Kay County northwest of the Arkansas River. The city sits on roughly 47.6 km 2 (18.4 sq mi) of land, and also has about 3.2 km 2 (1.2 sq mi) of water, for a total area of 50.8 km 2 (19.6 sq mi). [7] A historic photo of a wide tornado funnel taken near Ponca City between 1900 and 1920
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) above the stream bed. The dam lies 654 miles (1,053 km) above the mouth of the Arkansas River. The top of the flood control pool is 1,044.5 feet (318.4 m ...
A map of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. The total length of the system is 445 miles (716 ...
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The four-level interchange is the first of its kind in Oklahoma. The $105 million project lasted three years and was opened on March 3, 2022. [ 4 ] An additional $16 million is being provided to reconstruct the I-44 to US-77 ramp and provide a direct connection to North Lincoln Boulevard.
A second water release from the dam took place on May 29, causing a 23.41 ft (7.14 m)-crest on the Arkansas River in Tulsa; this was the river's second highest crest in the city on record. [ 1 ] : 1 A neighborhood on the western side of Sand Springs were flooded by both water releases from Keystone Lake. [ 20 ]
Important cities along the Arkansas River include Canon City, Pueblo, La Junta, and Lamar, Colorado; Garden City, Dodge City, Hutchinson, and Wichita, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Fort Smith and Little Rock, Arkansas. The May 2002 I-40 bridge disaster took place on I-40's crossing of Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls ...