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The U.S. State of Oklahoma currently has 28 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, five metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Oklahoma. [1]
Waurika Lake is a reservoir in southwestern Oklahoma, near Waurika. It is primarily in Jefferson County , but small parts of it are in Stephens County and Cotton County, Oklahoma . [ 1 ] Its primary purposes are to provide flood control, irrigation, water supply, water quality, fish and wildlife, recreation, and other conservation needs of the ...
The lake has a storage capacity of 289,000 acre-feet (356,000,000 m 3), a normal surface area of 3,570 acres (1,440 ha) and a shoreline of 62 miles (100 km). The normal elevation is 733 feet (223 m) at the top of the conservation pool and 765 feet (233 m) at the top of the flood control pool. [ 4 ]
The Ozark and Ouachita (pronounced Oh-Wa-Sheet-ah) Mountains rise from west to east over the state's eastern third, gradually increasing in elevation in an eastward direction. [7] [9] Oklahoma had few natural lakes. Those that did exist were either oxbow or playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size.
Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,410. [1] Its county seat is Sayre. [2] Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky [3] and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky.
Custer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,513. [1] Its county seat is Arapaho. [2] The county was named in honor of General George Armstrong Custer. Custer County comprises the Weatherford, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Oklahoma's squatter's rights, or adverse possession law, states a squatter can claim the property if they have resided on the property for at least 15 years and paid property taxes for five years.
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