OK02501 - Arbuckle Dam


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Arbuckle Dam


	Statistics

General

Region (Map) : .................. Great Plains

State (Map) ........................ Oklahoma

County ............................... Murray

Project: ............................... Arbuckle

Dam type: .......................... Earthfill

Location: ............................ 6 mi SW of Sulphur

Watercourse: ..................... Rock Creek

Reservoir: .......................... Lake of the Arbuckles

Construction Date: .......... 1964-1966

National ID Number ........ OK02501

Hydrologic Unit Code ....

Dimensions

Crest Elevation of Dam: ....................... 920.0 ft

Structural Height of Dam: .................... 150.0 ft

Crest Length: .........................................1890.0 ft

Top of Joint Use: .................................... NA

Top of Active Conservation: ............. 872.0 ft

Top of Inactive Conservation: .......... 827.0 ft

Spillway Crest: ..................................... 885.3 ft

Top of Dead Storage: .......................... 800.0 ft

Streambed at Dam Axis : ..................... 778.0 ft

Hydraulics

Normal Water Surface Elev: ................. 872.0 ft

Hydraulic Height: ................................... 136.2 ft

Service Spillway Type:

Uncontrolled Crest ................................Yes

Morning-Glory ........................................... No

Crest Length ........................................... NA

Gated ....................................................... No

Capacity at Elev: 914.2 ft, 34,000 cfs

Auxiliary Spillway ......................................... No

Capacity at Elev. ................................. 0 cfs

Outlet Works Capacity at

Elevation 914.2 ft., ......................... 2,340 cfs

Hydrology

Drainage Area: ................................ 131.0 sq mi

Hydrometeorological Report HMR 52

Flood Type: ..........October-December General

Storm Duration: ........................................ 72 hrs

Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) Report:

Peak Inflow: ................................... 382,000 cfs

Inflow Volume: ........................ 223,450 acre-ft

Flow Duration: ...................................... 2 days

PMF Routing MWS Elev.: ....................... NA

Initial Routing Elev: ............................ 872.0 ft

Study Date: ....................................... July 1981

Power Generation

Power Generation at Dam Site - None

Bureau of Reclamation Power Program

Narration

Geology

At Arbuckle Dam site on Rock Creek, the abutments are mantled with residual soil, accumulations of slope wash, colluvium and slumped material. In the foundation area across the floodplain, alluvial material ranging up to 17 feet measured thickness overlie foundation rock along the axis. Paleozoic sediments ranging in age from Ordovician to late Pennsylvanian make up the foundation rock in the abutments and foundation. The dam site is situated near the north margin of the Arbuckle uplift in the south limb of the narrow crumpled and downfaulted Mill Creek syncline.

Links

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| Owner: Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office,
5316 HWY 290 W Ste. 510 Austin, TX 78735-8931 (512) 899-4150

| Operator: Arbuckle Master Conservancy District,
PO Box 753, Davis, OK, 73030-0753, (580) 369-3121