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Snowdale became the Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park. [6] [7] The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019, shutting down the park. [8] Walnut Creek State Park: Osage: 1,429 1966 Keystone Lake: Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014 [9] Wah-Sha-She Park ...
Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2). The prolonged drought that started in 1930 and created the condition called the "Dust Bowl", led to the construction of a great many reservoirs throughout the state.
Moore is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, [2] and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 62,793 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] making Moore the seventh-largest city in the state of Oklahoma.
A map of White River National Wildlife Refuge, including areas proposed for expansion. The White River National Wildlife Refuge (officially Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge) is a 160,756 acres (650.56 km 2) wildlife refuge located in Desha, Monroe, Phillips, and Arkansas counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
270° aerial panorama of White River State Park and surroundings in 2017: NCAA Hall of Champions and Downtown Canal (direction: N), the Indiana State Museum, Military Park, and Eiteljorg Museum (NE), downtown Indianapolis (E), Victory Field (SE), Everwise Amphitheater and West Washington Street Pumping Station (S), White River (SW), and the Indianapolis Zoo, White River Gardens, and old ...
The Boston Mountains are the source of rivers and streams that flow out from the mountains in all directions. Within a 3 miles (4,800 m) radius of a point just west of the summits discussed above are located the sources of the White River, the Buffalo River, the Kings River, War Eagle Creek, and Little Mulberry Creek.
The Little River valley was the subject of several Army United States Army Corps of Engineers studies in 1936 and 1947 for flood control. In 1953 the issue of water supply was raised among a council of local governments consisting of Norman, Midwest City, Del City, Moore and Tinker Air Force Base, and it was forecast that by the 1970s and 1980s the cities would be requiring all available water ...
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. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region ...