Kaw Lake in Kansas
By Manhattan Kansas Property Management Homes For Rent
(BCL Properties-Manhattan, KS)
Kaw Lake is an artificial lake completed in 1976 in the northern reaches of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, near Kaw City. Kaw Dam is 9,466 feet long and 121 feet above the stream bed. the dam lies 654 miles above the mouth of the Arkansas River. The top of the flood control pool is 1,044.5 feet, while the normal operating level is 1,010 feet. The Reservoir covers approximately 17,000 acres (69 km²). It lies mostly in Kay County and partially in Osage County but extends into Cowley County, Kansas. Kaw Dam was authorized by Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1962. Ground was broken for the dam on May 21, 1966. The original town of Kaw City was covered by the waters of Kaw Lake in 1975. The dam was completed by the Corps of Engineers in May 1976. The cost of the dam and the lake was $111 mi...
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