Eufaula Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Haskell / McIntosh counties, east of Eufaula, Oklahoma |
Coordinates | 35°18′25″N 95°21′29″W / 35.30694°N 95.35806°W |
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 |
Total capacity | 2,099,000 acre⋅ft (2.589078377×109 m3) |
Surface area | 102,000 acres (413 km2) |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 1964 |
Turbines | 3 x 30 MW |
Installed capacity | 90 MW |
Eufaula Dam is a dam across the Canadian River in Oklahoma. Completed in 1964, it impounds Eufaula Lake, one of the world's largest man-made lakes, covering 102,500 acres (41,500 hectares). The dam serves to provide flood control, water supply, navigation and hydroelectric power generation. It supports a 90 MW power station;[1] three generators produce 30 MW each.[2]