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Denison Dam June 21, 2015
This is an areal view of the fourth time water going over the emergency spillway at a depth of 4.99 feet , video was taken with Phantom 3 Professional, weather was extremely hazy, just had a major storm 30 min earlier.. 3:00pm June21, 2015
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Denison Dam
Denison Dam in Denison, Tx. Denison Dam and Lake Texoma were authorized for construction by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, (Public Law 75-791) for flood control and generation of hydroelectric power. The dam, spillway, and outlet works were started in August 1939 and completed in February 1944. By 1942, much of the labor on the facilities was provided by German prisoners of war (POWs). These men were members of the Afrika Korps, who had been captured by the U.S. Army in North Africa. They were the first POWs used in labor camps by the U.S. Initially they were housed in camps near Tishomingo and Powell, Oklahoma. (
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Taming the Raging Red - Denison Dam Documentary
While fishing, boating or swimming in Lake Texoma, consider the tremendous engineering feat that was accomplished when the Denison dam was dedicated on July 1, 1944. At the time, the dam was the largest rolled earth fill dam in the world.
This is a documentary produced by Gene Lenore Productions.
Watch the construction footage of the dam as it was being built, showing 20-foot diameter pipes which water from the lake flows through the intake structure to the powerhouse and the Denison Dam floodgates. Colored corrected 16mm film from the 1940s and 1950s was transferred to high definition. Included in this footage are speedboat races on the lake and the 1957 flood that sent water roaring over the lake's spillway for the first time. This flood also shows the Burns Run area under water.
Former residents of Hagerman, Texas, and Woodville, Oklahoma, — before the towns were abandoned because of the Denison Dam project—are featured in the film. This also includes footage of Woodville’s empty buildings after it was abandoned.
Gene Lenore is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. A native of Farmersville in Collin County, he has worked as a reporter and editor for Texas newspapers prior to entering the field of television news as a writer/ photographer at WFAA-TV in Dallas. He also has worked as a news writer for Voice of America, National Public Radio in Washington, D. C., Denison Herald, and KXII–TV.
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May 31, 2015 Red river Denison, Texas flooding from record high
Lake Texoma new all time highest level today from all the flooding so much water coming into red river from lake and highway 91 washout river so flooded it looks like islands on the river most these areas are not under water usually
Texas Highway 91 washed away north of Denison, Texas in vicinity of Lake Texoma Spillway
A portion of Highway 91 has washed away due to the flooding north of Denison, Texas. This is in the vicinity of the spillway. This is how it looked on June 21, 2015.
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The Denison Dam spillway on Lake Texoma.
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Trip to Denison Dam, on the Texas Oklahoma Border! An amazing amount of water flowing this year!
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Giant Intake Vortex - Denison Dam, Lake Texoma - 150605
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Here's a very unique view of an intake vortex, created as water enters the Denison Dam spillway on Lake Texoma.
The vortex is approximately 8 feet in diameter and capable of sucking in a full-sized boat, so please heed all safety buoys and caution signs.
This is a normal occurrence when flood waters are released from the reservoir via flood control gates.
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Video by Edward N. Johnson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
ABOUT DENISON DAM & LAKE TEXOMA
Authorization: Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, Project Document HD 541, 75th Congress, 3d Session (flood control and power); Public Law 868, 76th Congress, 3d Session, approved October 17, 1940, (improving navigation, regulating flow of Red River, controlling floods, and other beneficial uses); Public Law 454, 78th Congress, 2d Session, approved September 30, 1944, (impoundment designated as Lake Texoma); Public Law 273, 83rd Congress, 1st Session, approved August 14, 1953, (Denison water supply storage); Public Law 164, 84th Congress, 1st Session, approved July 15, 1955, (construction of Willis Site Bridge); Public Law 146, 85th Congress, 1st Session, approved August 14, 1957, Project Document HD 541, 75th Congress, 3d Session, (Sherman water supply); Public Law 282, 91st Congress, 1st Session, approved July 19, 1970, (water supply dam on Big Mineral Arm); Public Law 662, 99th Congress, 2d Session, approved November 17, 1986, (added recreation as a project purpose and authorized reallocation of additional storage for water supply).
Location: On the Red River at river mile 725.9, 5 miles northwest of Denison in Grayson County, Texas.
Status: Completed
Purpose: Flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, regulation of Red River flows, improvement of navigation, and recreation.
History of Construction: Construction began in August 1939 and was completed in February 1944. The project was first available to operate for full flood control without any restrictions in January 1944. The first hydroelectric turbine was placed on line in March 1945 and the second in September 1949. Construction of a highway bridge across Lake Texoma at the Willis Ferry site started April 24, 1958, and was completed October 30, 1960. The 5,426-foot-long bridge replaces a former crossing south of Woodville, Oklahoma, on Oklahoma State Highway 99 and Texas State Highway 91. The roadway surface is about 37 feet above the top of the power pool.
Type of Structure: The structure is a rolled earth-filled embankment with a rock-protected upstream slope. The main embankment is 15,200 feet long. The maximum height of the structures is 165 feet above the streambed. A rolled earthfill dike 5,870 feet long and 15 feet high is located in the vicinity of Platter, Oklahoma. The Cumberland levee is 23,480 feet long with a crest elevation of 647.0. Highway 75A crosses the top of the dam.
Spillway & Outlet Works: The uncontrolled spillway is a concrete, gravity, chute-type structure, 2,000 feet long, located in a saddle on the right bank. Spillway capacity at maximum pool (elevation 666.4) is 1,050,000 cubic feet per second. The outlet works consist of three 20-foot-diameter, concrete conduits through the embankment equipped with six 9- by 19-foot vertical lift gates and one emergency gate. Capacity of the outlet works is 67,500 cfs at the top of the flood control pool and 60,120 cfs at the top of the power pool. Limiting channel capacity below Denison Dam is about 60,000 cfs.
Hydrologic Data: The estimated peak discharge for the May through June 1908 flood was 470,000 cfs. The volume was 8,517,000 acre-feet which is equivalent to 4.73 inches of runoff. The peak inflow for the May 1990 flood was 300,000 cfs with a volume of 5,087,000 acre-feet. The peak inflow for the May through June 1987 flood was 315,000 cfs with a volume of 2,879,000 acre-feet. The total volume of inflow for the 1957 flood was 8,364,000 acre-feet.
Denison Dam This Round
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Been itching to go to Denison Dam with all the water being released and reports of Striped Bass being caught! Made it Saturday afternoon and saw lots of water and some fish being caught.
After taking some video of the area, pulled out the surf casting rods and began fishing. Fished for several hours with only a couple of strikes but no hook ups.
Luckily, did see others catching them including two nice Striped Bass that we were able to get some video of them being pulled in.
Fun stuff... going to have to come back later. Hopefully sooner than later!
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Texas Travel Series: Denison Texas
Who knew a small town just north of Dallas would save the French wine industry?! The tiny town of Denison is actually filled with incredible history including also being the birthplace of President Eisenhower. The funny thing is that while Denison is famous among the French in the wine industry, even in Dallas it’s a fairly unknown town. However, Denison truly is a hidden gem with all the unique things to do. For a small town you might be surprised just to learn all that you can do in Denison (hint: one weekend is not enough).
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Denison Dam Release 15,325 cfs on October 10, 2018
Denison Dam releasing 15,325 cubic feet per second into the Red River. Denison Dam extends from the southern to northern border of the Red River and forms Lake Texoma, which is shared by the State of Oklahoma and the State of Texas. This video is taken from Denison Dam above the conduit which allows for flood risk reduction releases through the dam. An intake structure on the west side of the dam within Lake Texoma allows water to flow through a conduit into the Red River. Denison Dam and Lake Texoma are projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. The watershed for Lake Texoma is more than 39,000 square miles, about the size of the State of Indiana and extends from Western Oklahoma, through the Texas Panhandle and into Eastern New Mexico. Lake Texoma is the 12th largest lake in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' inventory. Lake Texoma has seasonal elevations, which means the elevation at the top of the lake's conservation pool may be increased or decreased to account for seasonal precipitation, hydropower generation, water supply and recreation missions. The authorized elevation of the conservation pool is set by Congress. The authorized seasonal elevation of Lake Texoma during the fall months is 617.13 feet. At the time of this video Lake Texoma was about four and a half feet above normal and in the flood control pool at an elevation of about 622. When a Corps lake reaches the flood control pool the project will typically release water through the conduit or tainter gates depending upon the design of the structure. Dams with a hydropower generation mission will typically combine hydropower generation with flood control releases to return lake levels to normal.
The primary mission of most Corps of Engineers reservoirs is Flood Risk Reduction. Some of Lake Texoma's missions include flood risk reduction, hydropower, water supply and recreation. among its missions.