Editing Miami, Oklahoma (section)

=== Flooding ===
Miami is located on the [[Neosho River]], and was severely affected by the [[Great Flood of 1951]]. The town has flooded more than two dozen times since the 1990s, most recently during the [[2019 Arkansas River floods]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/miami-police-crack-down-on-road-barricade-violations-while-residents/article_8d41f1f7-6321-5626-81bb-05ad56b3031d.html|title=Miami police crack down on road barricade violations while residents go into 'survival mode' amid unrelenting flooding|last=Stogsdill|first=Sheila|date=May 25, 2019|website=Tulsa World |access-date=2020-02-18 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Mervosh|first=Sarah|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/grand-lake-oklahoma-inhofe.html|title=A Senator's Lake House vs. a Town Fighting Flooding|date=2019-08-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-18|url-access=subscription|issn=0362-4331 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/miami-flooding-slide-show/collection_409b2e88-b913-5f8b-b97b-b77063df09d0.html|title=2007 Miami Flooding Slide Show|date=July 2, 2007|website=The Joplin Globe|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> Town residents and neighboring Native American groups have objected to maintaining high water levels on the river at [[Pensacola Dam]] and its popular vacation area, [[Grand Lake o' the Cherokees|Grand Lake]], on the grounds that when water backs up downstream, it can increase Miami's flooding problems.<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journalrecord.com/2019/09/09/miami-leaders-call-inhofe-amendment-unfair/|title=Miami leaders call Inhofe amendment 'unfair'|last=Ellis|first=Jim|date=2019-09-09|website=The Journal Record|url-status=dead|access-date=2020-02-18|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218011053/https://journalrecord.com/2019/09/09/miami-leaders-call-inhofe-amendment-unfair/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koamnewsnow.com/miami-oklahoma-residents-voice-concerns-with-proposal-to-increase-grand-lakes-level-by-two-feet/|title=Miami, Oklahoma residents voice concerns with proposal to increase Grand Lake's level by two feet.|date=2020-02-12|website=KOAM-TV|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>