Seminole County, Oklahoma
Seminole County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,482. Its county seat is Wewoka. Most of the county was a reservation for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma which still retains jurisd ...
. The lake covers approximately and has a capacity of . It is owned by Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) Company. and was constructed in 1968-70, to provide cooling for a nearby gas-fired electric power generation plant. It impounds Jumper Creek, about east of the city of Konawa, Oklahoma.Bowen, Danny. ''Konawa Lake 5-year Lake Management Plan''. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Fisheries Division, Central Region. June 1, 2010 Retrieved May 25, 2015.
Description
Konawa Reservoir supplies cooling water for a gas-fired electric power generation plant owned by Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) Company and located in Seminole County, Oklahoma. The plant has three steam-driven turbine generators and a gas turbine with a combined capacity of 1,534 megawatts (MWe). When the three main steam-driven generators are on-line, the plant must circulate a million gallons of water per minute (GPM) through its exhaust steam condensers.
The reservoir has a surface area of , a shoreline of and a rated capacity of . The mean depth is and the maximum depth is . The pool surface elevation is above mean sea level. The lake level is maintained by pumping water from the
South Canadian River
The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River in the United States. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma. The drainage area is about .
Recreation
Rod and reel fishing is allowed at Konawa. State fishing laws apply and a valid fishing license is required. Water skiers and personal watercraft are also allowed to use the lake. Houseboats are prohibited.
Wildlife
In 2003, Konawa ranked first among Oklahoma Lakes larger than 1,000 acres in the production of
Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, bu ...
. Other species of fish include:Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Sunfish and White Bass."Konawa Reservoir, Oklahoma." OutdoorsOK. Accessed May 24, 2015.