Lake Eufaula | |
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Location | Haskell / McIntosh / Pittsburg counties, Oklahoma, US |
Coordinates | 35°16′51″N95°31′47″W / 35.28083°N 95.52972°WCoordinates: 35°16′51″N95°31′47″W / 35.28083°N 95.52972°W |
Lake type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | North and South Canadian Rivers |
Primary outflows | Canadian River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 102,000 acres (410 km2) |
Average depth | 23 ft (7.0 m) (avg.) |
Max. depth | 87 ft (27 m) |
Water volume | 2,099,000 acre feet (2.589×109 m3) (full pool) |
Shore length1 | 600 mi (970 km) |
Surface elevation | 585 ft (178 m) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Eufaula Dam | |
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Location | East of Eufaula, Oklahoma |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1956 |
Opening date | 1964 |
Owner(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earthen embankment, concrete gravity composite |
Impounds | Canadian River |
Height | 114 ft (35 m) |
Length | 3,200 ft (975 m) |
Spillways | 11 |
Spillway type | Tainter gate-controlled ogee weir |
Spillway capacity | 465,000 cu ft/s (13,167 m3/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Eufaula Lake |
Surface area | 102,000 acres (413 km2) |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 1964 |
Turbines | 3 x 30 MW |
Installed capacity | 90 MW |