List of lakes in Oklahoma

The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Oklahoma has the largest number of lakes created by dams of any state in the United States, with more than 200.[1] All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma'a only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres.

Playa lakes are found in sauncer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only after rains. Oklahoma has about 600 playa lakes.[2]

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Lakes and reservoirs by size

Ranked by surface acres, Lake Eufaula is the 34th largest lake in the United States and Lake Texoma is the 38th largest.[3]

Name Capacity in acre feet (normal pool) surface acres (normal pool) average depth water clarity
Lake Texoma 2,643,000 88,000 acres (35,612 ha) 30 feet (9.1 m) average to excellent
Eufaula Lake 2,314,000 105,500 22 poor to excellent
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees 1,537,000 46,500 33 average to excellent
Broken Bow Lake 918,070 14,200 65 excellent
Tenkiller Ferry Lake 654,100 12,900 51 excellent
Keystone Lake 557,600 23,610 23 average
Oologah Lake 553,400 29,640 19 average
Robert S. Kerr Reservoir 525,700 43,800 12 poor
Kaw Lake 428,600 17,040 25 poor to average
Fort Gibson Lake 355,200 14,900 24 good
Skiatook Lake 322,700 10,190 32 good
Sardis Lake 274,330 13,610 20 average
Waurika Lake 203,100 10,100 20 average
Markham Ferry Reservoir (Lake Hudson) 200,300 10,900 18 average
Webbers Falls Reservoir 170,100 11,600 15 average
Foss Lake 167,407 8,800 19 average
Hugo Lake 157,600 13,250 12 poor
Lake Murray 153,250 5,728 27 excellent
Sooner Lake 149,000 5,400 28 excellent
Lake Altus-Lugert 132,830 6,260 21 fair
Atoka Lake 125,000 5,700 22 poor
Lake Thunderbird 119,600 6,070 20 average
McGee Creek Reservoir 113,930 3,810 30 excellent
Canton Lake 111,310 7,910 14 average
Lake Ellsworth 92,500 5,600 17 fair to poor
Lake Stanley Draper 87,296 2,900 30 good
Fort Cobb Reservoir 80,010 4,100 20 average
Lake Eucha 79,600 2,860 28 excellent
Lake Hefner 75,000 2,500 30 good
Lake of the Arbuckles 72,400 2,350 31 excellent
Wister Lake 62,360 7,333 9 average
Lake Carl Blackwell 61,500 3,370 18 average
Lake Lawtonka 56,574 2,398 24 good
Pine Creek Reservoir 53,750 3,750 14 good
Lake W. R. Holway 48,000 712 67 excellent
Copan Lake 43,400 4,850 9 average
Lake Spavinaw 38,000 1,584 24 excellent
Great Salt Plains Lake 31,240 8,690 4 poor
Hulah Lake 31,160 3,570 9 poor
Arcadia Lake 27,520 1,820 15 average
Konawa Reservoir 23,000 1,350 17 excellent
Shawnee Twin Lake, No. l 22,600 1,336 17 good
Fuqua Lake 21,100 1,500 14 average
Lake McMurtry 19,733 1,155 17 average
Birch Lake 19,200 1,137 17 good
Bluestem Lake 17,000 762 22 average
Dripping Springs Lake 16,200 1,150 14 excellent
Bellcow Lake 15,613 1,153 14 average
Lake Overholser 15,000 1,500 10 fair to poor
Greenleaf Lake 14,720 920 16 good
Lake Ponca 14,440 805 18 good
Okmulgee Lake 14,170 668 21 good
Wes Watkins Reservoir 14,065 1,142 12 good
Fort Supply Lake 13,900 1,820 8 fair to poor
Lake McAlester 13,398 1,521 9 average
Lake R. C. Longmire 13,162 918 14 good
Okemah Lake 13,100 761 17 average
Elmer Thomas Lake 12,000 334 36 excellent
Lake Humpherys 11,900 840 14 good
Lake Chickasha 11,480 (est) 820 14 good
Holdenville Lake 11,000 550 20 average to good

Source: Oklahoma Water Atlas http://www.owrb.ok.gov/news/publications/wa/wa.php. and http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump/pdf_bump/2008/LakesReport.pdf, accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.

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Public Reservoirs in Oklahoma
Reservoir Nearby Town River Basin Surface Acres Elevation MSL Maintained By Comments
Altus City Reservoir Altus 6,500 information
Lake Altus-Lugert Altus North Fork of the Red River information and photos
American Horse Lake Geary 100 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4] information
Arcadia Lake Arcadia;Edmond Deep Fork 1,820 Army Corps of Engineers[5] information
Atoka Lake Atoka 5,900 information
Birch Lake Barnsdall Birch Creek 1,137 Army Corps of Engineers[6]
Broken Bow Lake Broken Bow Mountain Fork River Army Corps of Engineers information
Lake Burschi Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Canton Lake Canton 7,910 Army Corps of Engineers information and photos
Lake Carl Etling Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Cedar Lake Hodgen 86 information and photos
Clayton Lake Clayton Pearl Creek 66 information and photos
Copan Lake Copan Army Corps of Engineers information
Lake Dahlgren Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Dripping Springs Lake Okmulgee 1,050 information and photos
Eufaula Lake Eufaula 102,000 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and videos
Lake Evan Chambers Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Fort Cobb Reservoir Fort Cobb 2,000 information and photos
Fort Gibson Lake Fort Gibson 19,900 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and video
Fort Supply Lake Fort Supply Army Corps of Engineers information
Foss Lake Foss 8,000 information and photos
Grand Lake Grove, Afton, Langley 46,500 Grand River Dam Authority information, photos and videos
Great Salt Plains Lake Jet, Cherokee 8,700 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and video
Greenleaf Lake Braggs Greenleaf Creek 930 information and photos
Lake Hall Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Heyburn Lake Kellyville Polecat Creek Army Corps of Engineers information
Hugo Lake Hugo Kiamichi River 18,196 Army Corps of Engineers information and video
Hulah Lake Copan Caney River 3,570 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos, and video
Lake Jap Beaver Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Army Corps of Engineers
Kaw Lake Ponca City 17,000 Army Corps of Engineers information and photos
Keystone Lake Sand Springs Arkansas River 23,600 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and videos
Lake Ellsworth Lawton 5,000 information
Lake Elmer Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Lake Elmer Thomas Lawton Little Medicine Creek 334 information, photos and video
Lake Hefner Oklahoma City 2,500 information, photos and video
Lake of the Arbuckles Sulphur National Park Service information
Lake Nanih Waiya Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Oologah Lake Oologah, Nowata, Claremore Verdigris River 29,500 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and video
Optima Lake Hardesty Beaver River Army Corps of Engineers information
Lake Ozzie Cobb Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Pine Creek Lake Fort Towson Army Corps of Engineers information
Lake Raymond Gary Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Robert S. Kerr Reservoir Sallisaw Arkansas River Grand River Dam Authority information
Sardis Lake Clayton 14,360 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and video
Lake Schooler Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Skiatook Lake Skiatook 10,190 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and video
Tenkiller Lake Cookson, Vian, Gore, Park Hill, Tahlequah Illinois River Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and videos
Texoma Lake Kingston Red River 93,000 Army Corps of Engineers information, photos and videos
Lake Vanderwork Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Lake Vincent Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Lake Watonga Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Waurika Lake Waurika Beaver Creek 10,100 Army Corps of Engineers information and photos
Wister Lake Wister Poteau River Army Corps of Engineers information and photos
Lake W. R. Holway Salina Grand River 712 Grand River Dam Authority

Lakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Oklahoma". TravelOK.com. 2007. http://www.travelok.com/about/index.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-29. 
  2. ^ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LA010.html, accessed Mar 2, 2011
  3. ^ http://www.lakelubbers.com/search/?LONM=&suid=1&LANM=&USERLOGIN=&KWRD=&LOID=&USERNAME=&COMPLETENESS=%2D1&SORTORDER=0&page=4, accessed 3 Mar 2011
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Map of (Oklahoma Wildlife) Department Lakes
  5. ^ Arcadia Reservoir
  6. ^ Birch Lake

Species in Oklahoma Territory.

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