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
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.[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 . and , accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.
Lakes geography and administration
Lakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)
Tenkiller Ferry Lake and dam.
- 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)[lower-alpha 1]
Lake Altus-Lugert is located in the rugged Quartz Mountain region of Oklahoma.
- Lake Burtschi
- Canton Lake
- Carl Albert Lake
- Carl Blackwell Lake
- 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
A satellite photo of Keystone Lake illustrates the sinuous nature of most large Oklahoma man-made lakes
- 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
- 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
Mt. Scott in the Wichita Mountains looms over Lake Lawtonka.
- 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
Notes
- ↑ Formerly known as Brushy Creek Reservoir
References
- ↑ digital.library.okstate.edu http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LA010.html. Retrieved Mar 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Search our extensive lake database". www.lakelubbers.com. Retrieved 3 Mar 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 OWRB Hydrographic Survey of Grand Lake http://www.owrb.ok.gov/studies/reports/reports_pdf/GrandLake--hydrologicsurvey.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "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. Accessed May 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Cedar Lake." Accessed August 9, 2015.
- 1 2 3 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
- ↑ - Retrieved 2019-09-23
External links
- 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
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