In 1952, Lake Eucha in

Delaware County, Oklahoma Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,487. Its county seat is Jay. The county was named for the Delaware Indians, who had established a village in the area prior to the ...

, was created by completion of the Eucha dam on

Spavinaw Creek Spavinaw Creek is a stream that begins in Arkansas and flows west into Oklahoma. The mouth is at located at Lake Hudson. The creek drains 400 square miles of the Ozark Mountain foothills and farm land. Two lakes, Lake Spavinaw and Lake Eucha, w ...

. City of Tulsa, Retrieved January 4, 2011
/ref> The nearest town is

Jay, Oklahoma Jay is a city and county seat of Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,448 at the 2010 census, compared to 2,482 at the 2000 census, a decrease of 1.4 percent. Almost 40% of its residents are Native American, thus Ja ...

.Green Country Lakes Website. Accessed October 23, 2011
/ref> This lake is owned by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and functions as additional storage and as a buffer for Lake Spavinaw, which is the principal municipal water source for Tulsa.

Description

The lake is long by wide. with a storage capacity of . Its surface area is and the shoreline is about .The dam elevation is and is long.City of Tulsa. "Water Supply Lakes - Eucha and Spavinaw Watersheds." Retrieved October 24, 201

/ref> The Cherokee community of

Eucha, Oklahoma :'' Old Eucha and New Eucha are nearby census-designated places in Delaware County.'' Eucha, pronounced "oochee", is a community located in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. It is north of Lake Eucha, east of Spavinaw Lake, west of ...

was relocated to higher ground before the dam was constructed, because the lake waters were to submerge the original townsite.Stauber, Rose
"Delaware County,"
''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', 2009. Accessed March 25, 2015. Lake Eucha is also a popular place for fishing. W. R. Holway is credited with the design and construction of both projects.Robertson, Joe. "Great Lake,"'' Tulsa World'', January 12, 1998, last modified February 27, 2007, retrieved January 4, 2010

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References

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