Tulsa District News (From DVIDS)

  1. Tulsa District awards services contract to Kansas City company for AFSC

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a services contract to Tukuh Technologies, Limited Liability Company of Kansas City, July 9. Of the $5.6 million awarded, $1.08 million has been obligated on the contract which provides for the Air Force Sustainment Center’s, Decision Support Systems master planning support.
    7/10/2025
  2. Healing the land: USACE, Quapaw Nation take first steps toward comprehensive assessment for land restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District and the Quapaw Nation cohosted a multi-faceted, multi-government, and multiagency planning and visioning meeting to address restoration goals for Quapaw Nation lands restoration, at the Quapaw Nation, June 23-24. Quapaw Nation lands comprise about 70 percent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection Agency added the site to its priority list in 1983. The Quapaw Nation has been working with the Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to remediate contamination left behind from nearly 100 years of mining operations. The USACE Planning Assistance to States program was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 as amended and allows the Corps of Engineers to provide technical and planning assistance to states, tribes, and other non-federal entities for water resources and land resources development. Assistance under PAS covers all USACE mission areas to include flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, as well as water supply and water resilience.
    7/10/2025
  3. Tulsa District awards contract for Appalachia Bay, Walnut Creek Roads at Keystone Lake

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to ACU Construction, Limited Liability Company of Carrollton, Texas, July 9.
    7/10/2025
  4. Hands-on wildlife lessons with Ranger Tori Haggard

    PONCA CITY, Okla. —Lions and tigers and bears, ok, maybe not. How about coyotes and turtles and snakes? Those were just some of the animals Kaw Lake Ranger Tori Haggard talked about during a recent visit with campers at Camp McFadden.
    7/9/2025
  5. From forecasting to floodgates: tabletop exercise emphasizes the importance of preparedness

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Emergency Management team held a tabletop exercise near Lake Arcadia in collaboration with local agencies and stakeholders June 25.
    7/8/2025
  6. Fort Sill Resident Office gets inspection support from Fort Worth District UAS pilots

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District's Fort Sill Resident Office received support from the Fort Worth District's Geospatial Section in the form of uncrewed aircraft system support for roof inspections Fort Worth District sent two pilots to operate and observe flying operations on 12 buildings at the historic installation in Oklahoma.
    6/30/2025
  7. USACE, N. Texas water improvement district partner to maintain Kemp Dam

    Engineering technicians from the Tulsa District Infrastructure Branch performed periodic inspections and maintenance at Kemp Dam near Seymour, Texas, in early June. The City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County Water Improvement District 2 own Lake Kemp. Passage of the Flood Control Act of 1962 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to redesign and reconstruct Kemp Dam. The USACE completed the project in the early 1970s, raising the top of the flood pool to elevation 1156 and increasing flood pool storage to 478,270 acre-feet.
    6/24/2025
  8. Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Army Corps of Engineers’ Birthday and Juneteenth Celebration

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.
    6/16/2025
  9. New commander gains insight into vital missions

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District’s new commander, Col. Jessica Goffena, visited two key projects as part of her introduction to the district’s diverse missions June 9.
    6/11/2025
  10. Tulsa District awards service contract to Tekpro Support Services

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a service contract to Tekpro Support Services, LLC., June 3. The contract calls for the San Antonio, Texas company to provide environmental resource information management services to the U.S. Air Force.
    6/5/2025
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Tulsa District boat ramps available during 2013 government shutdown

Published Oct. 9, 2013
Eufaula Lake boat ramp

Eufaula Lake boat ramp

TULSA, Okla. — The shutdown of the federal government for lack of fiscal 2014 funding has caused the closure of Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds and day-use areas.

Affected recreation areas will not reopen until after the shutdown lifts. Some USACE-operated campgrounds and day-use parks may remain open during the shutdown if visitor service requirements can be met, and the public’s safety can be assured. 

Some boat ramps within the Tulsa District are open. Here is a list of those ramps:

Lake/Project               Available Boat Ramps (Total on Lake)

-       Birch                           Birch Cove (1);

-      Skiatook                      Black Dog (1);

-      Copan                         Washington Cove, Osage Plains (2);

-      Hulah                           Wah-Sha-She Park, Skull Creek, Turkey Creek (3);

-      Kaw                             Pioneer, McFadden, Osage Cove (3);

-      Oologah                      Redbud Boat Ramp, Hawthorn Ramp, Clermont Park, Sunnyside Ramp, Vada Point, Double Creek, Allen’s Point, Winganon Ramp, Big Creek (9);

-      Keystone                     Keystone State Park, Walnut Creek State Park, New

Mannford Ramp, Prairie View Ramp, Cowskin South, Cowskin North, Keystone Ramp(7);

-      Heyburn                      No ramps accessible (0);

-      Canton                        Canadian Day Use Area (1);

-      Ft. Supply                    Beaver Point, Supply Park (2);

-      Ft. Gibson                   Mission Bend, Three Fingers Bay, Toppers, Wildwood, Hulbert Landing, Earbob, Spring Creek, Big Hollow, Sequoyah State Park, Choteau Bend, Mazie Landing, Whitehorn Cove, Long Bay Landing, Taylor Ferry North Day-Use Area, Taylor Ferry Marina, Jackson Bay Marina (15);

-      Tenkiller                      Blackgum Landing, Caney Ridge, Strayhorn Day Use, Sizemore Landing, Carters Landing, Chicken Creek South, Standing Rock, Carlile Cove, Cato Creek (9);

-      Webbers Falls Three Forks Harbor, Spaniard Creek Day Use, Highway 10 Landing (3);

-    McClellan Kerr            Coal Creek, Highway 33 Landing, Rogers Point (3);

-      Eufaula                        Cardinal Point, Crowder, Eufaula Cove, Gaines Creek, Onapa Cove, Arrowhead Park, Fountainhead, Hickory Point, Hwy. 31, Holiday Cove, Juniper Point, Mill Creek, Rolling Oaks, Arrowhead Estates, Duchess Creek Acres, Indian Springs, Leisure Heights, Sherwood Forest, Rolling Oaks, Oakwood Harbor, Russel Point, Sand Bass Bay 2, Rock Creek, Greer Heights, Carr Creek, Terra Starr, Crescent Hills, Enchanted Oaks, Sunset Heights, Hickory Hills, Paradise Point, Fountain Bleu, Southport, Bridgeport, Atlee Cove, Green Briar, Bristow Point, Castaway Cove, Piney Creek, Snug Harbor, Brush Hill, Buds Point, Bugtussel, Rock Creek Lots, Leisure Land, Push Hill, Eagle Bluff, Grand View, Pollard Addition, Mason Oaks, Sam’s Point, Sheppard Estates, Twin Mountain, Sooner Haven, Alta Vista (59);

-      Robert S. Kerr Applegate Marina, Tamaha Landing, Keota Landing, Otter Landing, Gore Landing (5);

-      W.D. Mayo                  LeFlore Landing (1);

-      Wister                          Conser Landing, Potts Creek, Potts Mountain, Quarry Isle, Victor Landing, Wichita Ridge (6);  

-      Texoma                       West Juniper Point, Spillway Ramp, Cedar Mills Resort, Mill Creek, Highport, Lighthouse Resort, Grandpappy Point, Eisenhower State Park, Simmons Shores Subdivision, Preston Shores, Hiland Shores, Elks Club, Texas Instruments, Cambridge Shores, Texoma Estates, Russwood on the Lake, VFW, HITEX, American Legion – Preston, Shoreline Estates, Island View – Grayson County, Big Mineral Camp, Gainesville Boat Club, American Legion – Gainesville, Sherwood Shores, Paw Paw Creek, Sheppard Air Force Base, Colbert Boat Club, Texoma State Park, Lost Acres, Newberry Creek, Pennington Creek, Methodist Church Camp, Sandy Beach, Edgewater Heights, Island View, Cardinal Cove, O.U. Biological Station, Oakview Addition, Walnut Creek Resort, Willow Springs Resort, Preston Bend Resort, Paradise Cove Resort, Flowing Wells Resort, Cedar Bayou Resort, Rock Creek Resort, Cumberland Cove, Bridgeview Resort, Little Glasses Resort, Alberta Creek Resort, Roads End, Soldier Creek, Arrowhead Point, Lebanon (68);

-      Waurika                       Chisholm Trail North, Wichita Ridge, Kiowa II (3);

-      Hugo                           Frazier Point, Salt Creek, Sawyer Bluff, Rattan Landing, Hugo State Park (5);

-      Pine Creek                  Pine Creek Cove, Lost Rapids (2);

-      Pat Mayse                   Pat Mayse, Lamar Point, Pat Mayse East (3);

-      Broken Bow                 Carson Creek, Stephen’s Gap, Wildlife Management Area (3);

-      Sardis                          Narrows, Sardis Cove, Potato Hills South (3);

-      Council Grove             Marina Cove, Kansas Wildlife/Parks Ramps (3);

-      Marion                         Kansas Wildlife/Parks Ramps (2);

-      John Redmond            Otter Creek, Hartford Ramp, Strawn Ramp (3);

-      El Dorado                    Bluestem, Boulder Bluff, Shady Creek, Shady Creek Marina (4);

-      Elk City                        Elk City Lake State Park (1);

-      Big Hill                         Rea Bridge (1);

-      Fall River                     Fall River State Park, Kansas Wildlife/Parks Ramps, Rock Ridge Center Loop (5);

-      Toronto                        Cross Timbers State Park, Mann’s Cove, Toronto Park (3)

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Release no. 26