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| Street View, Oct 2024 |
The area had a significant flood in 2015 so the spillway gates were used.
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| TeachOklahoma, Aug 11, 2015 |
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| NorthwesternCraneService, I could not find a date. "The LTM 1450-8.1 using luffer to pull out old dam gates at 231′. The 20,000 lb gates were re-finished and put back in place, all while allowing traffic on the lake side of the dam to continue without delays or closures." |
This is one of several dams built in the Texas-Oklahoma area to store water for a water supply. They kept raising the height of the dam to store more water. It is now the largest lake in Oklahoma.
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| experience |
This was when it was 50' (15.2m) high.
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| experience "Postcard of the dam, January 15, 1912" |
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| experience "Aerial photograph of the dam at Lake Lawtonka (1918-1922)" |
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| experience "Newspaper photo 'The eight steel gates atop the Lake Lawtonka spillway are shown being open for inspection,' 1956" |
May 2025 Flood
The 2025 flood is in the same ballpark as the 2015 flood.
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| Haley Wilson posted 0:05 video on Apr 30, 2025 UPDATE as of 1pm, Lawtonka now had 6 of 8 gates open 38” and Ellsworth has 12 of 16 open to 15” The City of Lawton has opened 6 of Lake Lawtonka’s 8 gates to 34” each and 12 of Lake Ellsworth’s 16 gates to 10” each. The city’s website says both of the lakes are 100% full. This is video Justin Stevens got at Lake Lawtonka earlier today. [A comment observed that they had 18" of rain.] |
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| usgs |
A little downstream from the dam is a waterfall.
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| Satellite |
I've seen several Facebook Reels of a heavy flow over the flows. I picked this one because it documents that the flow has stayed within the banks of the creek.
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| Facebook Reel |
There were also a lot of Facebook Reels that showed water in this gorge. But they are close up to the water and don't show much other than a strong current. And some comments that the trail is under water. I think this view is more meaningful. Imagine enough water flowing through the gorge that it is several feet above the trail.
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| Street View, Oct 2016 |
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