is a
Lake in southwestern
Arkansas ,
United States . It is located from
Ashdown . The lake is formed from the damming of the point where the
Little River and the
Saline River meet. The lake's statistics are as followed:
- Drainage area above the dam:
- Elevation above sea level of the top of flood control pool: 287 ft (87 m)
- Elevation above sea level of the top of conservation pool: 259.2 ft (79 m)
- Elevation above sea level of the top of inactive pool: 252 ft (77 m)
- Surface area of lake at top of flood control pool: 95,200 acres (385 km&2)
- Surface area of lake at top of conservational pool: 29,200 acres (118 km&2)
- Shoreline length at top of conservation pool: 65 miles (105 km)
- Length of dam: 17,554 ft
- Maximum height of dam above streambed: 88 ft
- Length of spillway: 616 ft
- Length of non-overflow section: 271 ft
- Spillway crest gates (13), size: 40x32 ft
- Outlet conduits (2), size: 5.67x6 ft
- Water supply pipe (1), diameter: 6.5 ft
Lake Millwood is mainly recognized for its beauty 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 a superb place to fish, mainly due to its of submerged timber that make excellent 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 submerged timber that takes up 30,000 acres (120 km&
2) 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
Domtar 's (formerly
Georgia Pacific ) Communications Paper Division with 50 million gallons of water each day for its operations. The lake also provides drinking water to the city of
Texarkana , Arkansas through a water treatment plant located at
Ashdown .
