The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. 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.[1]
Lakes and reservoirs by size
editRanked by surface acres, Lake Eufaula is the 34th largest lake in the United States and Lake Texoma is the 38th largest.[2]
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 | 1,515,416[3] | 41,779[3] | 36.3[3] | 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 Lake | 170,100 | 11,600 | 15 | average |
Foss Reservoir | 160,145 | 8,800 | 18 | 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 |
Tom Steed Reservoir | 109,276 | 6,400 | - | - |
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 | 61,423 | 7,300 | 9 | average |
Carl Blackwell Lake | 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, formerly Chimney Rock Lake | 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 |
Chouteau Reservoir | 23,840 | 2,270 | ||
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 | 13,526[4] | 1,581[4] | 16.9 max[4] | 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 Humphreys | 11,900 | 840 | 14 | good |
Chickasha Lake | 11,480 (est) | 820 | 14 | good |
Holdenville Lake | 11,000 | 550 | 20 | average to good |
Source: Oklahoma Water Atlas [2]. and [3], accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.
Lakes geography and administration
editLakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)
edit- Altus City Reservoir
- Lake Altus-Lugert
- American Horse Lake
- Lake of the Arbuckles
- Arcadia Lake
- Ardmore City Lake
- Atoka Lake
- Bellcow Lake
- Birch Lake
- Lake Bixhoma
- Bluestem Lake
- Boomer Lake
- Broken Bow Lake
- Brushy Lake (Sallisaw, Oklahoma)[a]
- Lake Burtschi
- Canton Lake
- Carl Albert Lake
- Lake Carl Blackwell
- Lake Carl Etling
- Lake Carlton
- Carter Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Chandler Lake
- Lake Checotah
- Chickasha Lake
- Chouteau Lock & Dam (MKARNS L&D #15)
- Claremore Lake
- Clayton Lake
- Clear Creek Lake
- Cleveland City Lake
- Clinton Lake
- Coalgate City Lake
- Comanche Lake
- Copan Lake
- Cordell Reservoir
- Crowder Lake
- Cushing Municipal Lake
- Lake Dahlgren
- Dead Warrior Lake
- Dripping Springs Lake
- Lake Durant
- Lake Ellsworth
- Lake Elmer
- Lake El Reno
- Lake Eucha
- Evans Chambers Lake
- Foss Reservoir
- Fort Cobb Reservoir
- Fort Supply Lake
- Lake Frederick
- Fuqua Lake
- Newt Graham Reservoir (MKARNS L&D 18)
- Greenleaf Lake
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
- Great Salt Plains Lake
- Guthrie Lake
- John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake
- Heyburn Lake
- Hobart Lake (a.k.a. Rocky Lake)
- Holdenville Lake
- Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
- Hulah Lake
- Lake Humphreys
- Hugo Lake
- Lake Jean Neustadt
- Lake Jed Johnson
- Keystone Lake
- Konawa Reservoir
- Lake Lawtonka
- Leeper Lake
- Liberty Lake
- Lloyd Church Lake
- Lake Lloyd Vincent[15]
- Lone Chimney Lake
- W. D. Mayo Reservoir (MKARNS L&D #14)
- Lake McAlester|McAlester Lake
- Lake McMurtry
- Mountain Lake
- Lake Murray
- Oklahoma Lake
- Okmulgee Lake
- Okemah Lake
- Oologah Lake
- Lake Overholser
- Ozzie Cobb Lake
- Pine Creek Lake
- Pauls Valley Lake
- Ponca Lake, Ponca City lake
- Pretty Water Lake
- Lake R.C. Longmire
- Raymond Gary Lake
- Rock Creek Reservoir
- Sahoma Lake
- Sardis Lake
- Shawnee Twin Lakes
- Skiatook Lake
- Skipout Lake
- Sooner Lake
- Lake Spavinaw
- Sportsman Lake
- Spring Creek Lake
- Stroud Lake
- Lake Stanley Draper
- Tom Steed Reservoir
- Lake Talequah
- Elmer Thomas Lake
- Lake Thunderbird
- Watonga Lake
- Waurika Lake
- Wes Watkins
- Lake Wayne Wallace
- Webbers Falls Reservoir (MKARNS L&D #16)
- Wes Watkins Reservoir
- Wewoka Lake
- Lake Wister
- Lake W. R. Holway
- Lake Yahola
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Formerly known as Brushy Creek Reservoir
References
edit- ^ digital.library.okstate.edu http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LA010.html. Retrieved Mar 2, 2011.
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(help)[title missing] - ^ "Search our extensive lake database". www.lakelubbers.com. Retrieved 3 Mar 2011.
- ^ a b c d OWRB Hydrographic Survey of Grand Lake http://www.owrb.ok.gov/studies/reports/reports_pdf/GrandLake--hydrologicsurvey.pdf
- ^ a b c d OWRB Lakes of Oklahoma (2015) http://www.owrb.ok.gov/news/publications/lok/lakes/Overholser.php
- ^ "Lake Altus-Lugert, Oklahoma, USA." Accessed June 28, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Map of (Oklahoma Wildlife) Department Lakes". Archived from the original on October 7, 2010.
- ^ "Arcadia Reservoir". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "Birch Lake". Archived from the original on 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ "Lake Carl Blackwell | TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site". www.travelok.com.
- ^ "Carl Blackwell Lake, Oklahoma." anglerhub. undated. Archived 2021-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Accessed May 27, 2018.
- ^ "Cedar Lake." Archived 2016-03-30 at the Wayback Machine Accessed August 9, 2015.
- ^ a b c Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC). "Dripping Springs Lake 5-Year Management Plan." October 2013. Accessed February 2, 2019.
- ^ "Lake Raymond Gary Topo Zone Map in Choctaw County OK." Topozone. Accessed May 28, 2018
- ^ http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name= Norman%20Project
- ^ [1]- Retrieved 2019-09-23
External links
edit- Oklahoma Lakes information on TravelOK.com Official Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department website
- Oklahoma Lakes
- Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation homepage
- Oklahoma Lake Levels
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory