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

Lakes and reservoirs by size

Broken Bow is one of Oklahoma's deepest and most scenic lakes.
Great Salt Plains Lake is the centerpiece of a wildlife refuge that is a critical way-station for migratory birds.
Aerial view of Fort Gibson Lake and Sequoyah State Park. Many large Oklahoma lakes have state parks and lodges. Shorelines of most lakes are publicly owned and accessible to everyone.

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
Foss Reservoir 437,000 8,800 average
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 Lake 170,100 11,600 15 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 Lake 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
Lake Altus-LugertAltusNorth Fork of the Red River6,260 6,500 information and photos
American Horse LakeGeary 100 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4] information
Lake of the ArbucklesSulphurRock Creek 2,350 National Park Serviceinformation
Arcadia LakeArcadia;Edmond Deep Fork1,820 Army Corps of Engineers[5] information
Atoka LakeAtoka 5,900 information
Birch LakeBarnsdallBirch Creek 1,137 Army Corps of Engineers[6]
Bluestem LakePawhuska Middle Bird Creek 720
Broken Bow LakeBroken BowMountain Fork River 14,200 Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Lake BurtschiChickasha 180 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Canton LakeCantonNorth Canadian River7,910 Army Corps of Engineersinformation and photos
Carl Blackwell LakeStillwaterStillwater Creek 3,350 Oklahoma State University[7]
Carl G. Etling Lake Boise City Carrizo Creek 159 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Cedar LakeHodgen 86 information and photos
Clayton Lake ClaytonPearl Creek 66 information and photos
Copan LakeCopan Caney River 4,850 Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Lake DahlgrenNoble 30 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Dripping Springs LakeOkmulgee 1,050 information and photos
Eucha LakeEucha, OklahomaSpavinaw Creek**2,080City of Tulsa
Eufaula LakeEufaula Canadian River 102,000 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and videos
Lake Evan Chambers 80 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Fort Cobb ReservoirFort CobbCobb Creek 2,000 information and photos
Fort Gibson LakeFort Gibson Grand River 19,900 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and video
Fort Supply LakeFort SupplyWolf Creek 1,800 2,400 Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Foss ReservoirFossWashita River 5,956 information and photos
Grand LakeGrove, Afton, Langley Grand River 46,500 Grand River Dam Authorityinformation, photos and videos
Great Salt Plains LakeJet, Cherokee Salt Fork Arkansas River 8,700 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and video
Greenleaf LakeBraggsGreenleaf Creek930 information and photos
Heyburn LakeKellyville Polecat Creek 890 Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Holdenville LakeHoldenville Little River
Hugo LakeHugo Kiamichi River 18,196 Army Corps of Engineersinformation and video
Hulah LakeCopan Caney River 3,570 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos, and video
Lake Jap Beaver 65 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
John Paul Hammerschmidt Army Corps of Engineers
Kaw LakePonca City Arkansas River 17,000 1,010 Army Corps of Engineersinformation and photos
Keystone LakeSand Springs Arkansas River 23,600 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and videos
Lake EllsworthLawton 5,000 information
Lake ElmerKingfisher 60 1,119 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]information and photos
Lake Elmer ThomasLawtonLittle Medicine Creek 334 information, photos and video
Lake HefnerOklahoma City 2,500 information, photos and video
Hudson LakeLocust Grove Grand River 12,000 Grand River Dam Authority
Nanih Waiyah LakeTuskahoma 131 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Oologah LakeOologah, Nowata, Claremore Verdigris River 29,500 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and video
Optima LakeHardesty Beaver River Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Ozzie Cobb LakeRattan 116 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Pine Creek LakeFort Towson Little River (Red River)3,750 Army Corps of Engineersinformation
Raymond Gary LakeFort TowsonGates Creek 263 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Robert S. Kerr ReservoirSallisaw Arkansas River 43,800 Grand River Dam Authorityinformation
Sardis LakeClayton 14,360 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and video
Lake Schooler 35 Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Skiatook LakeSkiatook 10,190 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and video
Lake SpavinawSpavinawSpavinaw Creek1,636
Tenkiller LakeCookson, Vian, Gore, Park Hill, Tahlequah Illinois River 12,900 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and videos
Texoma LakeKingston Red River 93,000 Army Corps of Engineersinformation, photos and videos
Thunderbird Lake NormanLittle River (Canadian River) 5,349 The Bureau of Reclamation owns the dam, which is operated by the local Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District.[8]
Vanderwork LakeGotebo Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Vincent LakeArnett Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Watonga LakeWatonga Oklahoma Wildlife Department[4]
Waurika LakeWaurika Beaver Creek 10,100 Army Corps of Engineersinformation and photos
Webbers Falls LakeWebbers Falls Arkansas River 11,600 Army Corps of Engineers
Wister LakeWister Poteau River 7,300 Army Corps of Engineersinformation and photos
Lake W. R. Holway SalinaGrand River 712 Grand River Dam Authority
Lake YaholaTulsa 400 City of Tulsa

Lakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)

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Tenkiller Ferry Lake and dam.
Lake Altus-Lugert is located in the rugged Quartz Mountain region of Oklahoma.
A satellite photo of Keystone Lake illustrates the sinuous nature of most large Oklahoma man-made lakes
Mt. Scott in the Wichita Mountains looms over Lake Lawtonka.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Oklahoma". TravelOK.com. 2007. 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Map of (Oklahoma Wildlife) Department Lakes
  5. ↑ Arcadia Reservoir
  6. ↑ Birch Lake
  7. ↑ TravelOK.com
  8. ↑ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name= Norman%20Project

Species in Oklahoma Territory.

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