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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 1477587" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>Overholser is almost totally silted in. I was told that a sand company offered to dredge it out just for the sand, and that the city said it would cost them, I think, fifty cents a yard. The "sandpipers" supposedly told the city to "pound sand" and it never happened. I think this goes back to the late 70s or early 80s.</p><p></p><p>There was speculation that the city was afraid of the old dam, and did not want a much larger volume of water going down the river should the dam fail, but this was all at the rumor level and I was never able to confirm it.</p><p></p><p>Hefner is pretty deep in spots, but Overholser will get you stuck on a sand flat if you aren't careful. An elderly guy once told me he had seen Overholser being built, and that it was 75 feet or so over much of its area. I kind of doubt that, but the river has brought in lots and lots of silt/sand over the many years of the lake's life.</p><p></p><p>About Draper, I too heard that it was going to be 'way down for several years. CB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 1477587, member: 711"] Overholser is almost totally silted in. I was told that a sand company offered to dredge it out just for the sand, and that the city said it would cost them, I think, fifty cents a yard. The "sandpipers" supposedly told the city to "pound sand" and it never happened. I think this goes back to the late 70s or early 80s. There was speculation that the city was afraid of the old dam, and did not want a much larger volume of water going down the river should the dam fail, but this was all at the rumor level and I was never able to confirm it. Hefner is pretty deep in spots, but Overholser will get you stuck on a sand flat if you aren't careful. An elderly guy once told me he had seen Overholser being built, and that it was 75 feet or so over much of its area. I kind of doubt that, but the river has brought in lots and lots of silt/sand over the many years of the lake's life. About Draper, I too heard that it was going to be 'way down for several years. CB [/QUOTE]
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