Lake Arrowhead
Lake Arrowhead is located about thirteen miles southeast of Wichita Falls, Texas on the Little Wichita River, a tributary of Red River. Lake Arrowhead Dam was primarily designed and constructed for water supply and recreational purposes. The City of Wichita Falls owns the water rights to Lake Arrowhead. It also owns and maintains the dam and appurtenant structures.
On June 1, 1962, a permit was granted for the City of Wichita Falls to construct a dam and reservoir on Little Wichita River in Clay County. The construction began in May 1965 and was completed in December 1966. Deliberate impoundment began in October 1966. Homer A. Hunter of Dallas and J. A. Wolverton of Austin were the design engineers, and the general contractor was H. E. Cummins and Sons. Lake Arrowhead Dam and appurtenant structures consist of a rolled-earthfill embankment approximately 15,900 feet in length (including spillway) with a maximum height of 62 feet and a crest elevation of 944.0 feet. The spillway is an uncontrolled reinforced concrete ogee-type structure with a concrete chute at the west end of the embankment.