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Army Corps of Engineers: Grand Lake: Grove, Afton, Langley: Grand River: 41,749 [3] ... Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
There are about 6,000 acres (24 km 2) of public hunting land managed by the Corps of Engineers and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation adjacent to the lake. [1] The lake was created in 1942 by damming Wolf Creek, although the work actually began in 1938. [2] The primary purposes of the lake are for flood control and conservational ...
Tenkiller Ferry Lake, or more simply, Lake Tenkiller, is a reservoir in eastern Oklahoma formed by the damming of the Illinois River.The earth-fill dam was constructed between 1947 and 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for purposes of flood control, hydroelectric power generation, water supply and recreation.
The project engineer for the Kaw Lake dam was Everette W. Woodham, Jr. [4] The Corps of Engineers and Camp McFadden offers camping on the west shore of Kaw Lake at Ponca Cove. The City of Enid began a project in 2020 to lay a 70-mile pipeline to tap Kaw Lake as a municipal water source. The project will transport 10 million gallons of water per ...
The dam and lake were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who still administer it. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938 and construction began in 1950. In 1951, construction was halted and resumed in 1955. In 1963, the majority of the project was complete and all facilities were in 1974. [3]
In addition fishing there is also hunting and animal trapping at Hugo Lake. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation administers 18,000 acres (73 km 2) at the lake, and the US Army Corps of Engineers manage 8,000. [4] These areas are home to white tail deer, waterfowl, mink, fox, and beaver. The Group Camp Area has four sites.
The lake has a shoreline of 45 miles (72 km). [3] Canton is owned and operated by the Army Corps of Engineers but Oklahoma City retains the storage rights. [4] The lake is home to several species of fish, including largemouth bass, white bass, channel catfish, crappie, and walleye.
In September and October 1986, Keystone Lake was filled to capacity when the remnants of Hurricane Paine entered Oklahoma and dropped nearly 22 inches (0.56 m) of water into the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers northwest of the lake, requiring the Corps of Engineers to release water downstream at a rate of 310,000 cubic feet per second (8,800 m 3 ...