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Mead is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.The population was 122 at the 2010 census, compared to 123 in 2000. [4] Mead was originally named for C.W. Meade, the first postmaster, but the town later dropped the final "e" of the name.
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes ...
Lake Mead from space in November 1985: North is facing downward to the right. The Colorado River can be seen leading southward away from the lake on the top left. The Hoover Dam is located where the river meets the lake. Sediment-laden water from the Colorado River flowing into Lake Mead in March 2013. Nine main access points to the lake are ...
The water levels on Lake Mead have not dropped below 1078 feet since the Hoover Dam was completed nearly 75 years ago, but scientists expect that might finally happen soon.
Scale depiction of the 15 largest lakes in the US. The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area.The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior.
Name Location Volume Maximum Depth notes 1: Lake Superior: Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin: 9,799,680,000 acre⋅ft (12,088 km 3) 1,332 ft (406 m) Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume
Many central Oklahomans have come to know this lake by a filthy nickname. North of State Highway 9 in northeast Norman is Lake Thunderbird, or as many call it, "Dirty Bird."
The highway then curves to the east, and passes along the south side of Meade State Park, the location of Lake Meade. After about four miles (6.4 km) the roadway curves north at an intersection with V Road and 18 Road. K-23 travels north for 7.5 miles (12.1 km), crossing Crooked Creek along the way, and enters Meade becoming Fowler Street.