FIRST Upstream Flood Control Dam - Cordell, OK
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N 35° 17.469 W 098° 59.366
14S E 500960 N 3905331
This monument documents the first upstream flood control dam created in the United States.
Waymark Code: WM11H9B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member model12
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The Washita County Courthouse is a beautiful building, constructed in 1911. This granite monument stands just south of the east entrance to the courthouse. It has an engraving of the Oklahoma Indian shield, and a map of Oklahoma showing the Washita River Basin, and marking the location of this first dam. The dam was dedicated on July 8, 1948, and rededicated with the placement of this monument on July 3, 1998 by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The monument reads:

WASHITA COUNTY
Home of America's first
Upstream Flood Control Dam

Cloud Creek #1 Washita River Basin

Dedicated July 8, 1948
Rededicated July 3, 1998

Cloud Creek Dam No. 1 located 11 miles
southeast of Cordell was the first of
1140 dams in the Washita River Basin and
the first of over 10,000 nationwide. It
was built in partnership with the local
community, the Washita County Conservation
District and USDA Soil Conservation Service.
These dams provide flood control, water
supply, recreation, wildlife habitat and
improved water quality to many communities.

The entire Washita Flood Control Program
is in itself a monument to the understanding
and energy of the people in Oklahoma
who were among the first to take up the
soil conservation program and who are
leading the way in upstream watershed
treatment for flood control.

Hugh Hammon Bennett Chief
USDA Oil Conservation Service / July 6, 1948
Oklahoma Historical Society 231-1998

FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location

Date of FIRST: 07/06/1948

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