Hulah Lake is a man-made reservoir that was created by the
damming the
Caney River
The Caney River (Lenape: Kรจnii Sipu ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The river is a tributary of ...
in northeastern
Osage County, Oklahoma
Osage County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Created in 1907 when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, the county is named for and is home to the federally recognized Osage Nation. The county is coextensive with the ...
, within the
Osage Indian Reservation
The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฐอ ('), "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The tribe developed in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 700 BC alon ...
. ''Hulah'' is an Osage word meaning "eagleโ, and was the name of the farming community that was located in the valley before the construction of the dam. The primary purpose of the lake is flood control. It has become a popular recreation area.
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/ref> According to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Hulah Lake project includes a public hunting area, bringing the total project area to .
The dam is gravity type with an earthen core on a rock foundation. It is high and long. Its maximum discharge capacity is . Construction was completed in 1961.["Hulah Lake, northeast Oklahoma." Find Lakes.com Retrieved April 11, 201]
/ref> The dam was completed in February 1951.[''Resourceful Oklahoma''. Vol. 3 No. 8. "Hulah Popular Play Spot." August 1952. Retrieved February 24, 1952.]
Hulah Lake drains an area of . The lake has a storage capacity of , a normal surface area of and a shoreline of . The normal elevation is at the top of the conservation pool and at the top of the flood control pool.
/ref> The normal storage is 3116 acre-ft.
See also
* Wah-Sha-She State Park
References
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Reservoirs in Oklahoma
Protected areas of Osage County, Oklahoma
Bodies of water of Osage County, Oklahoma