Editing Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|881|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|866|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (1.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_40.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 18, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>  The [[Great Salt Plains Lake]], as well as the associated [[Great Salt Plains State Park]] and [[Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge]] lie within the county, approximately 12 miles east of Cherokee.<ref name="USACE2">[https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Locations/Tulsa-District-Lakes/Oklahoma/Great-Salt-Plains-Lake/ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Welcome to Great Salt Plains Lake."] Accessed May 12, 2016</ref>  The major waterways in the county are the [[Salt Fork of the Arkansas River]] and the [[Medicine Lodge River]].<ref name="odot-1992-map">{{cite map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Planning Division|title=General Highway Map - Alfalfa County, Oklahoma|edition=1992|url=http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/2003county/alfalfa.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/2003county/alfalfa.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:USACE Great Salt Plains Dam.jpg|right|280px|thumb|Aerial view to the northwest of the Great Salt Plains Lake Dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in Alfalfa County, OK. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.]]

It is part of the [[Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma|Red Bed]] plains.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 64.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 64 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 64]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 8.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 8 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 8]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 8B.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 8B (Oklahoma)|State Highway 8B]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 11.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 11 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 11]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 38.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 38 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 38]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 45.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 45 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 45]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 58.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 58 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 58]]<ref name="odot-1992-map"/>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Harper County, Kansas]] (northeast)
* [[Grant County, Oklahoma|Grant County]] (east)
* [[Garfield County, Oklahoma|Garfield County]] (southeast)
* [[Major County, Oklahoma|Major County]] (south)
* [[Woods County, Oklahoma|Woods County]] (west)
* [[Barber County, Kansas]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge]]

===State Park===
* [[Great Salt Plains State Park]]