The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of
Lake Texoma
Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest US Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklaho ...
) in
the state
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. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and
playa
Playa (plural playas) may refer to:
Landforms
* Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake
* Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the so ...
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 High Plains refers to one of two distinct land regions:
* High Plains (United States), land region of the western Great Plains
*High Plains (Australia)
The High Plains of south-eastern Australia are a sub-region, or more strictly a string of adja ...
region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only after rains. Oklahoma has about 600 playa lakes.
Lakes and reservoirs by size
Ranked by surface acres, Lake Eufaula is the 34th largest lake in the United States and Lake Texoma is the 38th largest.
Source: ''Oklahoma Water Atlas' an accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.
Lake Altus-Lugert
Lake Altus-Lugert, also known as Lake Altus, Lake Lugert, Lake Lugert-Altus, and Lugert Lake, is a reservoir located on the North Fork Red River, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Altus, Oklahoma on the former site of the town of Lugert, Okla ...
Lake of the Arbuckles
The Lake of the Arbuckles is a reservoir located in southern Oklahoma, southwest of Sulphur in Murray County. The lake covers and is a principal water supply reservoir for the city of Ardmore, some to the southwest. It also supplies water t ...
Ardmore City Lake Ardmore comes from the ga, Ard Mór or the gd, Àird Mhòr meaning "great height" and may refer to:
Places Canada
*Ardmore, Alberta
*Ardmore, a neighbourhood in North Saanich, British Columbia
*Ardmore Beach, a community in Tiny, Ontario
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Atoka Lake
Lake Atoka Reservoir (also called Atoka Lake) is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, north of Atoka, Oklahoma, county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was built in 1959 to expand the water supply for Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City and At ...
Bluestem Lake
Bluestem Lake is a reservoir in Osage County, Oklahoma, and is home to the world famous Plan B Yacht Club, it's about northwest of Pawhuska. Alternate names are City of Pawhuska Lake and Pawhuska Lake. It covers the convergence of Middle Bird Cre ...
Lake Burtschi
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Carl Albert Lake
Lake Carl Albert is a reservoir in Latimer County, Oklahoma, United States
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Lake Carlton
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Chickasha Lake
Chickasha Lake, also known as Lake Chickasha, is a man-made reservoir in the central part of the state of Oklahoma. Located in Caddo County, Oklahoma, it was completed in 1958. The main purposes were supplying water (especially to the city of Chi ...
Claremore Lake
Claremore Lake is a reservoir in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Constructed in 1929-1930 by damming Dog Creek for the purpose of providing water to the city of Claremore, Oklahoma
Claremore is a city and the county seat of Rogers County in Green ...
Coalgate City Lake Several settlements have been named Coalgate:
* Commerce, Alberta, Canada, originally named Coalgate
* Coalgate, New Zealand
* Coalgate, Oklahoma, USA
* Coalgate, West Virginia, USA
Coalgate may also refer to:
* Indian coal mining controversy, a c ...
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Comanche Lake
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Copan Lake
Copan Dam is a dam in Washington County, Oklahoma, in the northeastern part of the state.
Construction of the earthen dam began in 1972 and was completed in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of and a length of ...
Dead Warrior Lake
Dead Warrior Lake, sometimes known by its prior name of Dead Indian Lake, is located about 3 miles south of Roll, Oklahoma, and 11 miles north of Cheyenne in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, on US Route 283. The lake and the adjacent Black Kettle Re ...
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Dripping Springs Lake
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History
It is used for c ...
Lake Eucha
In 1952, Lake Eucha in Delaware County, Oklahoma, was created by completion of the Eucha dam on Spavinaw Creek. The nearest town is Jay, Oklahoma. This lake is owned by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma and functions as additional storage and as a bu ...
Foss Reservoir
Foss Reservoir, also known as Foss Lake, is in Custer County, Oklahoma on the Washita River, about west of Clinton, Oklahoma. The reservoir was constructed during 1958–1961 by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. The project was known originally ...
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Fort Cobb Reservoir
Fort Cobb Reservoir (also called Fort Cobb Lake) is a reservoir located in Caddo County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It impounds the waters of Cobb Creek (joining from the west), Lake Creek (joining from the north), and Willow Creek (joining ...
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Fort Supply Lake
Fort Supply Lake is in Woodward County, Oklahoma
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Lake Frederick
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Fuqua Lake
Fuqua Lake is a reservoir located in Stephens County, Oklahoma, about northeast of the city of Duncan on State Highway 29.Newt Graham Reservoir (MKARNS L&D 18)
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Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is situated in Northeast Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range. It is often simply called Grand Lake. It is administered by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).
History
The ''Encyclopedia of Oklahom ...
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Great Salt Plains Lake
Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River, which is dammed to for ...
Heyburn Lake
Heyburn Lake is a reservoir on Polecat Creek in Creek County, Oklahoma. It is about southwest of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Tiger and Brown Creeks also drain into the lake. The nearest town is Kellyville, Oklahoma
Kellyville is a town in Creek County, ...
Holdenville Lake
Holdenville Lake, also called Lake Holdenville, is a reservoir in Hughes County, Oklahoma. Owned and operated by the City of Holdenville, Oklahoma, it supplies most of the drinking water for Hughes County.
Lake Jean Neustadt
Lake Jean Neustadt is a artificial lake in Carter County, Oklahoma. Located north of Ardmore in south-central Oklahoma, Named for a local businessman, Jean Neustadt, it was completed in 1969 and is currently operated by the city of Ardmore as ...
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Lake Jed Johnson
Lake Jed Johnson, named for Jed Johnson (1888–1963), is third largest of thirteen small reservoirs in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, located in southwestern Oklahoma. Lawton, Oklahoma, southeast of the lake and the fourth larges ...
Konawa Reservoir
Konawa Reservoir (also known as Konawa Lake or Lake Konawa) is a reservoir located in Seminole County, Oklahoma. The lake covers approximately and has a capacity of . It is owned by Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) Company. and was constructed i ...
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Lawtonka is a lake in Comanche County in the state of Oklahoma in the United States.''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', p. 636. The lake is in area. It is formed by a dam and long across Medicine Creek.
The lake ...
Lloyd Church Lake
Lloyd Church Lake is a reservoir located south of the city of Wilburton, Oklahoma on a tributary of the Fourche Maline river. The lake is supported by an earthen dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the pl ...
Lake McMurtry
Lake McMurty is a reservoir in Noble County. The lake is located to the north-west of Stillwater, and north of Lake Carl Blackwell
Lake Carl Blackwell a/k/a Carl Blackwell Lake is west of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Primarily a recreational area, ...
Oklahoma Lake
Oklahoma Lake is located in north east Oklahoma City in the Canadian river valley and borders the North Canadian River
The North Canadian River is a river, long, in Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Canadian River, draini ...
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Okmulgee Lake
Okmulgee Park is a city park in Okmulgee, Oklahoma in the United States. The park contains and sits at an elevation of . The park is adjacent to Dripping Springs Park and is located on Okmulgee Lake. Okmulgee Park, a municipal park establishe ...
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Okemah Lake
Okemah Lake is a reservoir in Okemah, Oklahoma. The lake is located to the north of the town, east of IXL.
Recreation
The lake is a popular fishing, boating and camping location. There are a number of boat ramps, a public park and an RV campsi ...
Skiatook Lake
Skiatook Lake is a federally-owned and operated reservoir located in Osage County, Oklahoma, west of the town of Skiatook, east of Hominy, Oklahoma and about from Tulsa. The Skiatook Dam is located on Hominy Creek, upstream of the confluence ...
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Skipout Lake Skipout Lake is located in Roger Mills County about 2 miles south and 3 miles east of Reydon in the State of Oklahoma. It is inside the Black Kettle National Grassland, which is managed by the Cibola National Forest
The Cibola National Forest ( ...
Sportsman Lake Sportsman Lake is a 354-acre flood control and recreation lake, with 15 miles of shoreline, located in central Oklahoma. It is situated to the east of the town of Seminole, Oklahoma, Seminole and northwest of Wewoka, Oklahoma, Wewoka, the Seminole ...
Lake Stanley Draper
Lake Stanley Draper is a reservoir in southeast Oklahoma City, United States. It is one of three municipal reservoirs in the city. It was constructed in 1962-1963, and named for the long-time director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.
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Tom Steed Reservoir
Created in 1975, Tom Steed Reservoir is a reservoir in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, northwest of the city of Snyder, Oklahoma. The reservoir area was created by damming West Otter Creek and diverting flows of Elk Creek through the Bretch Diversion Ca ...
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Lake Talequah
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Elmer Thomas Lake
Elmer Thomas Lake is a lake in Comanche County in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. It is located on the boundary between the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge and Fort Sill military base. The lake is named for an Oklahoma lawyer and ...
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Lake Thunderbird
Lake Thunderbird is a reservoir located in Norman, Oklahoma. The lake was constructed between 1962 and 1965 for the purpose of providing municipal water to the nearby communities of Del City, Midwest City and Norman. It is formed by an earthfill em ...
Waurika Lake
Waurika is the county seat of Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,064 at the 2010 census, a 4.36 percent decrease from 2,158 at the 2000 census.
An article from 1985 in ''The Oklahoman'' claimed that Waurika promoted ...
Lake Wayne Wallace
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Wewoka Lake Wewoka Lake, sometimes called Lake Wewoka, is a 500-surface-acre reservoir in Oklahoma, with 10 miles of shoreline. It is located just northwest of the City of Wewoka, Oklahoma
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Lake Wister
Lake Wister is a reservoir in Le Flore County, in southeast Oklahoma.Crain, Harold. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Wister The lake is created by the Poteau River and the Fourche Maline creek. Wister Lake was authorized for flo ...
Lakes
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...