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Lake Thunderbird is a reservoir located in Norman, Oklahoma. The lake was constructed between 1962 and 1965 for the purpose of providing municipal water to the nearby communities of Del City, Midwest City and Norman. It is formed by an earthfill embankment 7,300 feet (2,200 m) long and up to 144 feet (44 m) high on the Little River. In addition ...
Lake Thunderbird State Park is a 1,874 acres (7.58 km 2) Oklahoma state park located in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Norman, Oklahoma on State Highway 9. [2] National Public Radio reported that this park had over 637,000 visitors in 2011. It earned $461,506 from activity fees and cost $1.2 million to operate. [3]
North of State Highway 9 in northeast Norman is Lake Thunderbird, or as many call it, "Dirty Bird." The lake is a man-made reservoir used primarily for drinking water for the cities of Norman ...
Sep. 26—Revenue generated from a fee program implemented by Oklahoma State Parks is already being put to use on improvements at Lake Thunderbird State Park, park officials say. In an attempt to ...
Aug. 8—As the City of Norman braces for the possibility of a turnpike in the Lake Thunderbird Watershed, some questions remain about the lake's future and the toll a turnpike could take on ...
Thunderbird Lake: Norman: Little River (Canadian River) 5,349: 1,039: The Bureau of Reclamation owns the dam, which is operated by the local Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District. [14] Vanderwork Lake: Gotebo: Oklahoma Wildlife Department [6] Vincent Lake: Arnett: Oklahoma Wildlife Department [6] Watonga Lake: Watonga: 55: 1375: Oklahoma ...
For the past 44 years, Jimmy Hodges has enjoyed fresh water from the aquifer that runs under his rural Norman property just north of Lake Thunderbird, but now he’s wondering whether that will ...
Pilot Study of Natural Attenuation of Arsenic in Well Water Discharged to the Little River above Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Oklahoma, 2012 United States Geological Survey 34°59′49″N 96°21′54″W / 34.99694°N 96.36500°W / 34.99694; -96.36500 ( Little