Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Lake Stanley Draper is a reservoir in southeast Oklahoma City, United States. It is one of three municipal reservoirs in the city. [a] Principal construction on the reservoir occurred between 1962-1963. Upon completion it was named after the long-time director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Stanley Draper. [3]
In early 2013, Oklahoma City officials diverted 30,000 acre-ft of water from Canton Lake to Lake Hefner, to replenish the city's water supply. Later, spring rains replenished the level of that lake, which had to dump water into the North Canadian River to prevent the lake from overflowing. However, the effect was to leave Canton Lake 13 feet (4 ...
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 lake's primary functions are to provide flood control, water storage, and recreational opportunities. [ 2 ] The nearest major cities to Lake Hugo are Fort Smith, Arkansas (101 miles), Dallas, Texas (114 miles) and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (151 miles).
Out of the 168 wells measured on the Paso Robles groundwater basin, 132 showed an increase in water levels in April compared to April 2022, according to the county’s data. Another 36 had levels ...
A second water release from the dam took place on May 29, causing a 23.41 ft (7.14 m)-crest on the Arkansas River in Tulsa; this was the river's second highest crest in the city on record. [ 1 ] : 1 A neighborhood on the western side of Sand Springs were flooded by both water releases from Keystone Lake. [ 20 ]