Lake Hudson Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Mayes County, Oklahoma |
Coordinates | 36°14′00″N 95°10′55″W / 36.23343°N 95.18191°W |
Construction began | December 1961 |
Dam and spillways | |
Height | 645 ft (197 m) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Hudson (Markham Ferry Reservoir) |
Total capacity | nominal: 200,300 acre⋅ft (247,100,000 m3) maximum: 400,000 acre⋅ft (490,000,000 m3) |
Surface area | 12,000 acres (49 km2) |
Website hudson.uslakes.info/DamInfo.asp?DamID=102046 |
Lake Hudson, also known as Markham Ferry Reservoir, is a man-made reservoir in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States, about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Locust Grove, Oklahoma and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pryor, Oklahoma.[1] It was created by the completion of the Robert S. Kerr Dam on the Grand River in 1964. It is managed by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).[2]