Agricultural irrigation is the most, though oil extraction is up there. Another thing is farms/ranches have diverted what use to flow off there property to storage pools. At least at one point large cities were over drawing too, Ammerilo may still be since lake meridith always sounds like it is getting worse, I read somewhere the water levels were improving near Lubbock though.
I do know that a lot of oil companies drilling in the Mississippian Play were using Salt Fork of AR and Canadian River water, but its becoming rarer. Some companies like Devon are starting to recycle water for drilling ops, but it isn't cheap.
The Ogallala is HUGE, stretching from about Lubbock into the SE corner of Wyoming. Most of the farming operations in the great plains tap into it, so it is extremely taxed. In NE New Mexico, where ironically the N Canadian originates, the aquifer is essentially tapped out. And given the slow drying out of the TX panhandle (like the sad state of Lake Meredith), the future is pretty cloudy. I'm really not sure what places like Amarillo are going to do, and it's more reason for OKC to diversify its water sources ASAP.
Also, something else of note. Since Canton Lake is not downriver from any sort of urban area with a lot of paved surfaces, any moisture will take some time in reaching the lake since it is absorbed into the ground. Whereas Lake Hefner, Arcadia, Stanley Draper, and other sources downriver from OKC, the rise in levels can be almost instant after a heavy rainstorm, with all the quick runoff from streets, buildings, etc.
To control the cedar problem we need more controlled burns.
Have looked for current Canton Lake water level but have found nothing. Anyone have a web site reference to the current water level?
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I get the fishing report from the Department of Wildlife each week. With the fishing report most of the reports contain lake levels. Canton has been at 12 1/2' below normal for a few months according to this.
with all of the rains Colorado has been having, I wonder if any of it will show up eventually at Canton in the form of run-off? That would be awesome, as would a heavy rain cell parking over the lake for a few days. It's only too bad the heavy flooding OKC experienced in May/June didn't move NW to Canton.
It is good to hear it 10 feet higher than beginning of summer so perhaps the CO floods is having an impact.
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
No...Canton water comes from NE New Mexico.
I would say most of the runoff for the floods is going into the Platte or Arkansas River Basins.
The watershed for the Canadian doesn't go further north than NE New Mexico, but the floods could recharge the Ogallala Aquifer over the long run.
national weather service shows canton at 33%.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/graphicast.php?site=oun&gc=6
All of the rain from pretty much Denver to the north have gone into the Platte which heads into Nebraska. The rains around Colorado Springs to the south go into the Arkansas.
Canton is at 1602.5, basically the same place it was May 1. It is not up 10 ft. Luckily, we have had a cool summer.
You should use the usgs.gov measurements or Corps of Engineer stats.
My mistake guys. I was excited by some of the posts and thought/hoped Canton was getting nourishment too.
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
It will on Saturday.
Does anyone have the current water level status at Canton?
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