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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System diverts from the Arkansas River 2.5 mi (4.0 km) upstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam to avoid the long winding route which the lower Arkansas River follows. This circuitous portion of the Arkansas River between the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and the Mississippi River was historically bypassed by ...
Access to the Arkansas Post Canal is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) northwest of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam. [3] The dam was at first called Dam Number 2, and was constructed between 1963 and 1968. [1] [4] In 1982, flooding along the Arkansas River caused 38 barges to break loose between 5 mi (8.0 km) and 8 mi (13 km) upstream from the dam.
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Arkansas River in the United States. Pages in category "Dams on the Arkansas River" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The recreation area stretches along the Arkansas River for approximately 148 miles (238 kilometers) from Leadville, Colorado to the Pueblo Reservoir near Pueblo West, Colorado. The area includes more than 25 developed recreation sites and fishing easements along the river adjacent to U.S. Highway 24 / U.S. Highway 285 and adjacent to U.S ...
Muskogee Turnpike bridge Muskogee Turnpike 35°47′51″N 95°19′00″W / 35.797383°N 95.316601°W / 35.797383; -95.316601 ( Muskogee Turnpike overpass over Arkansas
The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Winthrop Rockefeller Lake is an impounded section of the Arkansas River, named for Governor Winthrop A. Rockefeller (1912–1973). It extends almost 30 miles (50 km) along the river, from the Arthur V. Ormond Lock and Dam) below Mile 177 near Morrilton, to the Dardanelle Lock and Dam above Mile 205