Copan Dam

Copan Dam is a dam in the US state of Oklahoma, Washington County, in the northeastern part of the state.

Copan Dam
Country	United States
Location	Washington County, Oklahoma
Construction began	1972
Opening date	1983
Built by	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Designed by	United States Army Corps of Engineers

location of Copan, northeastern Oklahoma

Construction of the earthen dam began in 1972 and was completed in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 73 feet (22 m) and a length of 7,730 feet (2,360 m) long at its crest.^[1] It impounds Little Caney River for flood control and municipal drinking water. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers.

The reservoir it creates, Copan Lake, has a water surface of 7.6 square miles (20 km²), has a maximum capacity of 338,000 acre-feet (417,000,000 m³), and normal capacity of 43,400 acre-feet (53,500,000 m³).^[2]

Copan Wildlife Area is a wildlife management area that was leased to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks from the Corps of Engineers in 1981. The wildlife area is part of an overall project with the Copan Reservoir, located in Oklahoma. It covers 2,360 acres (9,600,000 m²) in Montgomery County, Kansas.^[3]

References

1. "Find Lakes". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2012-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. "Copan Wildlife Area. Retrieved May 21, 2013.

36°53′05″N 95°58′03″W