Robert S. Kerr Reservoir

Infobox lake
lake_name = Robert S. Kerr Reservoir
image_lake = Robert S Kerr Reservoir aerial view 1.jpg
caption_lake = Aerial view, ca. 2.8 miles upriver from the lock and dam
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location = Oklahoma
coords = Coord|35|21|02|N|94|51|10|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title
type = reservoir
inflow = Arkansas River
outflow = Arkansas River
catchment = convert|147756|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on
basin_countries = United States
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area = convert|43000|acre|km2|0|abbr=on
depth = convert|11.75|ft|m|1|abbr=on (mean)
convert|52|ft|m|1|abbr=on (maximum)
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volume = convert|525700|acre.ft|km3|abbr=on|lk=on
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shore = convert|250|mi|km|0|abbr=on
elevation = convert|478|ft|m|0|abbr=on (normal pool)
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Robert S. Kerr Reservoir is located on the Arkansas River in Sequoyah, Le Flore, Haskell, and Muskogee Counties in the state of Oklahoma, USA. The reservoir is impounded by Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam at river mile 336.2 (km 541.1) on the Arkansas River, just a few miles below its confluence with the Canadian River. The lock and dam are part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which provides for barge navigation on the Arkansas River and some of its tributaries. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the locks and navigation system.

The lock and dam were constructed by the Corps of Engineers and completed in 1970 at a cost of $94.566 million ($501 million in 2007 dollars). [http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/ Dollar worth calculator at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis] ] The dam also contains a small hydroelectric power plant with four units capable of producing a combined total of 110 megawatts.

The lake and surrounds are popular destinations for boating, fishing and hunting.

The lock, dam, and reservoir are named after Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma and U.S. senator from Oklahoma, who died in 1963.

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External links

* [http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/recreat/OPSField.CFM?tblOPSField__LakeName=Robert%20S.%20Kerr%20Lock%20and%20Dam%20and%20Reservoir U. S. Army Corps of Engineers: Robert S. Kerr Reservoir]
* [http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/PROJECTS/civil/civil_projects.cfm?number=30 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers: Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam Reservoir]
*PDF| [http://www.owrb.ok.gov/news/publications/wa/pdf_wa/robertskerr.pdf Oklahoma Water Resources Board: Robert S. Kerr Reservoir] |1.41 MiB