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LAKE TEXOMA
and the Denison Dam
Photos
courtesy Mike Price |
Impounding
89,000 acres of water, the dam itself is a mere five miles NW of Denison,
Texas. It borders on the Texas counties of Cooke and Grayson and
on the Oklahoma counties of Bryan, Love, Johnson and Bryan.
Shoreline: 1,250 Miles
Capacity: 4,505,000 acre-feet
Discharge Capacity: 750,000 cubic feet
Construction: 1939-1944
Cost: $54,000,000
Registered boats: 10,000
While the lake itself is government property, it is maintained by
the Tulsa District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The recreational
facilities are managed by the National Park Service. |
Lake
Texoma nearing capacity
Photo courtesy Mike Price, July 2007 |
Texoma
over the spillway for only the third time in it's history
Photo courtesy Mike Price, July 2007 |
| The
Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized construction of the dam which
is a rather rare type known as a rolled-fill earth embankment. The
length of the dam is 165 feet high and over 15,000 feet long. While
the primary purpose of the dam is controlling floods, it also generates
electrical power and the lake is an extremely popular recreational
destination. |
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