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Officials had issued a mandatory evacuation order because of flooding concerns Wednesday night for the 600 residents of the town, which is located about 70 miles southeast of Tulsa. The name comes from a 7 foot falls in the Arkansas River, itself named in honor of Walter Webber, a Cherokee leader who lived there in the early 19th Century.

The population was 726 at the 2000 census. 6:19-cv-00184-SLP Document 64 Filed in ED/OK on 03/11/20 of 7. This emergency repair project was necessitated by the collapse of four spans of the existing structure from a barge collision on May. Webbers Falls is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Aerial footage from the Oklahoma City television station KFOR showed the moment of impact shortly before noon Thursday. Two breakaway barges struck the Webbers Fall Lock and Dam and sunk. The barges have been floating out of control, on and off again, since Wednesday night near the town of Webbers Falls. Fourteen people were killed on May 26, 2002, when a barge slammed into the bridge on Interstate 40 over the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Germany says the concern was that the barges would block the water flow through the dam, but said the water initially appeared to be flowing well. Muskogee County Emergency Management spokeswoman Tricia Germany says the barges were carrying fertilizer. the Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirmed that the barges were spotted on Spaniard Creek just northwest of Webbers Falls dam.Officials are evaluating. The Webbers Falls area attracts many visitors during the early spring when the many flowering trees and shrubs such as redbud and dogwood are in bloom and again in the fall when the many hardwood trees are changing. Two barges that broke loose on the swollen Arkansas River have struck a dam in Oklahoma, and at least one sank into the river. Webbers Falls Lock and Dam is located at navigation mile 368.9 about 5 miles northwest of the town of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. ) Making It Happen the Fast Way near Webbers Falls, Ok, little has A behind - the - scenes account of. Two barges that broke loose on the swollen Arkansas River have struck a dam in Oklahoma, and at least one sank into the river. thanksi Bridges Maintenue - Webbers Falls ( Okla.