
In numbers.
24m
Height
OpenStreetMap
0.21m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Apr–Jun
Oct
Best months
51kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Turner Falls, month by month
It roars from April to June.
The fullest months: from April to June.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.2 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.2 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.1 m³/sDec
From about 0.09 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.31 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to June and October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Oklahoma, United States
Turner Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 24 m.
Getting there.
- Davisnearest town · 9.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,150 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 115 km in a straight lineCar hire at OKC airport (Oklahoma City)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From April to June and Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
51 kW
About 0.21 m³/s falling 24 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 13 homes, if it were all turned into electricity
Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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2 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 40 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 39 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 3viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmBridal Veil Falls, Price’s Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmThe Bluebird Cottage
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Davis9.2 km in a straight line
- Sulphur19 km in a straight line
- Wynnewood24 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 10 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 11 |
| Night °C | -2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 47 | 57 | 77 | 97 | 145 | 114 | 79 | 79 | 92 | 101 | 54 | 60 |
| Wet days | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Sun h/day | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 270% | 119% | 216% | 82% | 110% | 64% | 116% | 115% | 159% | 53% | 51% | 132% |
| 2021 | 67% | 46% | 78% | 155% | 115% | 82% | 109% | 109% | 42% | 94% | 38% | 51% |
| 2022 | 29% | 96% | 79% | 95% | 101% | 80% | 22% | 86% | 20% | 104% | 159% | 87% |
| 2023 | 71% | 143% | 170% | 63% | 57% | 106% | 160% | 14% | 48% | 168% | 65% | 110% |
| 2024 | 129% | 76% | 101% | 182% | 112% | 91% | 91% | 87% | 43% | 16% | 365% | 95% |
| 2025 | 92% | 26% | 90% | 288% | 128% | 140% | 64% | 127% | 38% | 55% | 109% | 5% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38747) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Height of the drop | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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