Eufaula Dam
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox dam
| name = Eufaula Dam
| image = USACE_Eufaula_Lake_and_Dam_Oklahoma.jpg
| image_caption =
| name_official =
| location_map = Oklahoma
| location_map_size =
| location_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|35|18|25|N|95|21|29|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = Haskell / McIntosh counties, east of Eufaula, Oklahoma
| country = United States
| status = O
| construction_began = 1956
| opening = 1964
| owner = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
| dam_crosses = Canadian River
| dam_length = {{Convert|3200|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}
| dam_height = {{Convert|114|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}
| dam_type = Earthen embankment, concrete gravity composite
| spillway_count = 11
| spillway_type = Tainter gate-controlled ogee weir
| spillway_capacity = {{Convert|465000|ft3/s|m3/s|0|abbr=on}}
| res_name = Eufaula Lake
| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|2099000|acre feet|m3|0|abbr=on}}
| res_surface = {{Convert|102000|acre|km2|0|abbr=on}}
| plant_commission = 1964
| plant_decommission =
| plant_type =
| plant_turbines = 3 x 30 MW
| plant_capacity = 90 MW
| extra =
}}
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;{{cite web|title=Eufaula Dam|url=http://www.energyjustice.net/map/displayfacility-66142.htm|publisher=Energy Justice Network|accessdate=29 March 2011}} three generators produce 30 MW each.Corey Jones, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/state-to-mark-years-since-lake-eufaula-s-dedication-by/article_d9b8aa4c-3cf7-53d7-9b83-5a6426177ff8.html State to mark 50 years since Lake Eufaula's dedication by LBJ], Tulsa World (September 24, 2014).
History
State Highway 71 runs across the top of the dam.
The dam was approved by Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946 and construction began in December 1956.{{cite web|title=History of Eufaula Lake|url=https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Locations/Tulsa-District-Lakes/Oklahoma/Eufaula-Lake/History/|publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District|access-date=November 26, 2016}} The cost of the project, completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was $121,735,000. The flood-control operations of the dam were in place by February 1964, and the dam dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 25, 1964.
Heavy rains in the spring of 2015, caused Eufaula Lake to rise so rapidly that the Corps of Engineers had to open the flood gates and release water at rates as high as {{convert|48000|ft3|m3}} per second. This was the highest rate since 1990.Tess Maune, [http://www.newson6.com/story/29047844/water-pouring-out-of-eufaula-dam-most-in-25-years Water Pouring Out Of Eufaula Dam Most In 25 Years], KOTV-DT (May 13, 2015).
References
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Category:Buildings and structures in Haskell County, Oklahoma
Category:Buildings and structures in McIntosh County, Oklahoma
Category:Hydroelectric power plants in Oklahoma
Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers dams