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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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