Chouteau Lock & Dam, Navigation lock and dam on the Verdigris River, Wagoner County, United States
Chouteau Lock and Dam is the 17th lock and dam of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, on the Verdigris River just above its junction with the Arkansas. Its lock chamber is 110 feet wide and 600 feet long, with a lift of 21 feet. The dam is an earthen gravity structure on a rock foundation, 53 feet high and 11,690 feet long.
Construction of this facility began in the 1960s and was completed in the early 1970s as part of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation System. The project aimed to improve river transportation and water management in the region.
The facility represents part of Oklahoma's industrial heritage as the seventeenth lock and dam of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
Three Corps-managed areas adjoin the Chouteau pool: Afton Landing, Tullahassee Loop and Coal Creek. Camping is allowed only at Afton and Tullahassee, not in undesignated spots; fees at Afton are paid by self-deposit, while Tullahassee and Coal Creek are free. Coal Creek is limited to boat launching and day use, and Afton Landing has a group picnic shelter.
The reservoir extends 18.7 miles upstream, covering 2,270 acres with a capacity of 23,340 acre-feet and a maximum discharge rate of 155,000 cubic feet per second.
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