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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 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. Fourteen of the barges struck the dam while two passed through the dam's open gate bays.
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 ...
The dam is located at navigation mile 319.6, about 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas. [2] It is the first lock and dam west of the Arkansas-Oklahoma state line. It was named for a deceased Sallisaw, Oklahoma businessman who was also a civic leader and champion of fully developing the river. [ 1 ]
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.
John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake is a reservoir on the Arkansas River and an integral part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS). It was formed by constructing the James W. Trimble Lock & Dam 13 across the river, near the city of Barling, Arkansas and extends upriver 26 miles (42 km) to W. D. Mayo Lock and Dam, which is located inside the state of Oklahoma.
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