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Revision as of 05:55, 21 February 2006 by TimK MSI (talk | contribs) (wikilinking rivers)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Millwood Lake is a lake in southwestern Arkansas, it is located seven miles from Ashdown, Arkansas. The lake is formed from the damming of the point were the Little River and the Saline River meet. The lake's statistics are as followed:
Lake Statistics
Drainage area above the dam, sq. miles-4,144
Elevation in feet above sea level of the top of flood control pool-287
Elevation in feet above sea level of the top of conservation pool-259.2
Elevation in feet above sea level of the top of inactive pool-252
Surface area of lake in acres at top of flood control pool-95,200
Surface area of lake in acres at top of conservational pool-29,200
Shoreline length, miles at top of conservation pool-65
Dam Statistics
Length of dam, feet-17,554
Maximum height of dam above streambed, feet-88
Length of spillway, feet-616
Length of non-overflow section, feet-271
Spillway crest gates (13), size, feet-40x32
Outlet conduits (2), size, feet-5.67x6
Water supply pipe (1), diameter, feet-6.5
Lake Millwood is mainly recognized by it's bueaty and fishing. There are 15 recreational parks around the lake to provide campers with picnic areas, boat ramps, swimming areas, showers, and restrooms. Millwood is superb place to fish mainly due to its some 20,000 acres of submerged timber that make excelent homes for the many varieties of fish in the lake. Millwood has also been known as one of the best bass fishing lakes in the United States. Every year it is home of many bass fishing tournaments and fishing derbies, all in search of Millwood's lunker largemouth bass. Other species of fauna around the lake include white-tailed deer, bobwhite quail, squirrel, dove, rabbit, raccoon, armadillo, opossum, fox, mink, and beaver. Boating is also popular in Millwood Lake, but only a little part of the whole surface area of the lake can be used as boating due to the submereged timber that takes up 20,000 acres of the pond. Lake Millwood also has remarkable flora life such as gum, oak, birch, pine, juniper, flowering shrubs, and wildflowers.
The Millwood Lake project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946, and modified by the Flood Control Act of 1958. The dam and lake was designed and built by the Tulsa District of the Army Corps of Engineers. The projects construction work began in 1961, and was finished for flood control operations in 1966 at a cost of $44,000,000. The lake and dam was dedicated on December 8, 1966. The lake is the key in the general flood reduction system for the Red River below Lake Texoma.
Benefits of the lake have been restoring wildlife, providing water to nearby areas, and preventing an estimate of $9,715,000 in flood damage. In Ashdown,Arkansas, the lake supplies there Georgia Pacific's Communications Paper Division whith 50 million gallions of water each day for its operations.