The Degray Lake project includes 31,800 total acres of land and water. The dam is 3,400 feet long with an average height of 243 feet. There are 14,000 acres of land at the project which are open to the public for hunting. The Degray Lake multi-purpose flood control and power reservoir was included in Senate Document Numbered 117, 81st Congress, 1st session, as a feature of the comprehensive plan of improvement for the Ouachita River and Tributaries, in Arkansas and Louisiana. Degray Lake Power Plant has two generators producing a combined 78 megawatts of power used for times of peak demand on the system. The power generated at DeGray Power Plant is clean, cheap and reliable supplying the need of about 30,000 homes. [Degray Lake. www.nwk.usace.army.mil, 02/03/2008]
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State:
Arkansas
County:
Impoundment Type:
Reservoir
Surface Area:
18000 acres
Latitude:
34.244690
Longitude:
-93.219680
Maximum Depth:
180 ft.