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Sherwood Dam, known also as Lake Sherwood Dam, [2] Alturas Dam, and Potrero Dam, is a 270-foot-long (82 m) concrete arch dam in the Santa Monica Mountains near Thousand Oaks, California. Completed in 1904, its construction led to the creation of the 165-acre (67 ha) Potrero Lake (since renamed Lake Sherwood ) [ 3 ] over the following winter.
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)
Oologah Lake; Optima Lake Dam; R. Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam; S. Sardis Lake (Oklahoma) T. Tenkiller Ferry Lake; W. Webbers Falls Lock and Dam
Loon Lake: Loon Lake Dam: Gerle Creek: El Dorado: Sacramento Municipal Utility District: 1963: Rock-fill: 108: 33: 76,500: 94,500 Lopez Lake: Lopez Dam: Arroyo Grande Creek: San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District: 1969: Earth: 166: 51: 52,500: 64,800 Los Padres Reservoir: Los Padres Dam Carmel ...
The lake covers 2,350 acres (950 ha) and is a principal water supply reservoir for the city of Ardmore, some 30 mi (48 km) to the southwest. It also supplies water to the cities of Sulphur, Davis, Wynnewood and a large oil refinery near Wynnewood. The lake also provides flood control, fish and wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities. [1]
Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [ a ] Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma . [ b ] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [ 2 ] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon .
Observation decks at the lake's visitors center allow guests to view barges and private watercraft as they pass through the lock system on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. [3] The lock, dam, and reservoir are named after Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma and U.S. senator from Oklahoma, who died in 1963.
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 ...