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Fort Cobb Dam

Picture of Fort Cobb Dam,Oklahoma


Statistics

General

  • Region (Map): ................... Great Plains
  • State (Map) ........................ Oklahoma
  • County ................................ Caddo
  • Project: ............................... Washita Basin
  • Dam type: ..........................  Earthfill
  • Location: ............................ 5 mi N Fort Cobb
  • Watercourse: ..................... Cobb Creek
  • Reservoir: ........................... Fort Cobb
  • Construction Date: .............1958-1959
  • National ID Number ........... OK02502
  • Hydrologic Unit Code .......

Dimensions


Hydraulics

  • Normal Water Surface Elev:       ......... 1342.0 ft
  • Hydraulic Height: ..................................   95.4 ft
  • Service Spillway Type:
  •    Uncontrolled  Crest    ..............................  Yes
  •    Morning-Glory .........................................  Yes
  •    Crest Length    .......................................... N/A
  •    Gated      ......................................................  No
  •    Capacity at Elev:  1374.4 ft,              3,050  cfs
  • Auxiliary Spillway ......................................... No
  •     Capacity at Elev.   ................................. 0  cfs
  • Outlet Works Capacity at
  •     Elevation 1374.4 ft  .......................... 2,560 cfs 

Hydrology

  • Drainage Area: ...............................  317.0 sq mi
  • Hydrometeorological Report        HMR 51&52
  • Flood Type: ............................  Summer General
  • Storm Duration: ........................................ 72 hrs
  • Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) Report:
  •   Peak Inflow: ..................................   370,700 cfs
  •   Inflow Volume: ......................... 273,400 acre-ft
  •   Flow Duration: ....................................... 3 days
  •   PMF Routing MWS Elev.: ..............   1381.8 ft
  •   Initial Routing Elev: ........................... 1342.0 ft
  •   Study Date: ............................. December 1984


Power Generation


Narration

 


Geology  

 The foundation materials consist of as much as 117 feet of alluvium over bedrock in the flood plain, and relatively thin deposits of residual and slope-wash soils over bedrock on the abutments. The bedrock is sandstone and siltstone of the Rush Springs Formation. Ground surface and bedrock surface profiles are shown on enclosure 1. Also shown on enclosure 1 are the profiles of the bottoms of the down-stream foundation trench and the upstream cutoff trench. These trenches were excavated through shallow weak layers in the flood plan alluvium from stations 49+00 to 64+00 to aid embankment stability     The upstream cutoff trench was also intended to reduce foundation seepage.On the abutments, the upstream cutoff trench was excavated to sound bed-rock up to the normal water surface elevation at approximately station 30+00 and station 80+00     The downstream foundation trench was back-filled with a drainage blanket followed by impervious, compacted Zone 1 fill. The upstream cutoff trench was backfilled with impervious, compacted Zone 1 fill only

The spillway and outlet works are located on the left and right abutments, respectively. Both structures are founded entirely on sound siltstone and sandstone bedrock. 


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 | Owner:  Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office,
                   Federal Building, 300 East 8th St., Room 801, Austin, TX, (512) 916-5641

 | Operator:  Fort Cobb Reservoir Master Conservancy District,
                       PO Box 40, Anadarko, OK 73005, (580) 247-3782

 

 

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