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It is the seventh largest lake in Oklahoma by surface area. At normal levels, the lake holds 428,600 acre-feet (528,700,000 m 3) of water, the ninth largest lake in capacity in Oklahoma. (See List of lakes in Oklahoma) It lies mostly in Kay County and partially in Osage County. Kaw Dam was authorized by Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1962 ...
Kaw Lake: Ponca City: Arkansas River: 17,000: 1,010: ... Oklahoma Lake Levels; Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Kaw City was across the river from the Kaw Indian reservation and the Kaw Agency. By statehood in 1907, it had 486 inhabitants. By statehood in 1907, it had 486 inhabitants. Although the original town site is now inundated by the waters of Kaw Lake , the old town was quite a busy place.
Kaw Lake, a large reservoir on the Arkansas River completed in 1975 includes most of the water area of the country. East of Kaw Lake and the Arkansas River is the region called the Osage Hills or The Osage, a tall-grass prairie region of large livestock, mostly cattle, ranches. West of the Arkansas River the land is flatter and a mixture of ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Birch Lake (Oklahoma) Lake Bixhoma; ... Kaw Lake; Robert S. Kerr Reservoir; Keystone Lake;
Kaw WMA [53] Kay and Osage: 16,254 acres (6,578 ha) Located just four and one half miles east of Newkirk: Upper two thirds of Kaw Lake. West fork encompasses the Arkansas River from the Kansas border to Kaw Lake. The east fork follows Beaver creek northeast (headwaters at 96°38′01″W 37°07′04″N in Kansas) a few miles into Osage County.
The Kaw Reservation was all the land in the county east of the Arkansas River. Washunga, the Kaw chieftain. Washunga is a small community and ghost town in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. Washunga was named for the leader of the Kaw Indians in the late 19th and early 20th century. The word means "bird" in the Kaw language.
Newkirk lies 8 miles (13 km) south of the Kansas-Oklahoma border. A casino and other facilities owned by the Kaw Indian tribe are 1 mile (1.6 km) east. The Arkansas River is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of town. The bridge across the river crosses the upper end of Kaw Lake.