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McGee Creek Lake is 17 miles (27 km) east of Atoka; 18 miles (29 km) west of Antlers and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Farris, Oklahoma [4]. The reservoir, which filled at the completion of the United States Bureau of Reclamation McGee Dam in 1987, consists of 3,810 acres (15.4 km 2) surface area and 64 miles (103 km) of shoreline.
The river held at that level for two hours, but by then the level at the east end of the dam failed, sending the downstream river level 2 feet (0.61 m) higher in a matter of minutes. [8] By the time the crisis had passed, Jones, Oklahoma and Spencer, Oklahoma, two towns downstream of Oklahoma City, had been surrounded by water. The official ...
In December 2019 the Central Highlands Regional Council made the decision to stay on level 1 water restrictions whilst they were undertaking a review of their trigger levels for water restrictions. [18] A record low of 7.39% was reached in 2020. [19] In late 2022, the dam reached 40% of capacity, allowing farmers to access full water ...
From February 2011 the lake's water level remained low due to the lack of heavy rainfall because of the then ongoing drought and water usage by residents of Oklahoma City. [5] The City expected that the lake would return to levels high enough to allow recreational use by late fall 2013. [ 6 ]
Bodies of water of Texas County, Oklahoma (1 C, 2 P) Bodies of water of Tillman County, Oklahoma (1 P) Bodies of water of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (1 C, 2 P) W.
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The dam is located south of Whitfield on the edge of the Alpine National Park, fed by the King River and Evans Creek.It supplies water for approximately 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi) for irrigated crops, vineyards and grazing properties along the King River from Cheshunt to Wangaratta.
The U.S. Interior Highlands is a mountainous region in the Central United States spanning northern and western Arkansas, southern Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and southern Illinois. [1] The name is designated by the United States Geological Survey to refer to the combined subregions of the Ouachita Mountains south of the Arkansas River and the ...