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

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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

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and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in

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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.

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'

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accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.

Lakes geography and administration

Lakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)

Altus City Reservoir Altus or ALTUS may refer to: Music *Alto, a musical term meaning second highest musical or vocal type * Altus (voice type), a vocal type also known as countertenor Places * Altus, Arkansas, US ** Altus AVA, a wine-growing region near Altus, Arka ...

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, Ok ...

* American Horse Lake * Lake of the Arbuckles * Arcadia Lake * Ardmore City Lake * Atoka Lake *

Bellcow Lake Bell Cow Lake (sometimes written as Bellcow) is a reservoir located within the city limits of Chandler, Oklahoma, in a section of the city located to the northwest of its central district, just off Interstate 44 and Oklahoma State Highway 18. The ...

* Birch Lake *

Lake Bixhoma Lake Bixhoma, is a public reservoir owned and operated by the city of Bixby, Oklahoma. Lake Bixhoma has of shoreline, a surface area of and a maximum depth of . It is located on Bixhoma Lake Road about 7 miles southeast of Bixby, and 2.2 miles s ...

* Bluestem Lake *

Boomer Lake Boomer Lake is located in the city of Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States, and was completed in 1925. The lake, as an artificial reservoir created by damming Stillwater Creek, serves several purposes such as cooling the local power plant and provi ...

Broken Bow Lake Broken Bow Lake is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, located on Mountain Fork River and northeast of the town of Broken Bow in McCurtain County. It is one of the largest fresh water lakes within the state of Oklahoma, and a popular tou ...

Brushy Lake (Sallisaw, Oklahoma) Brushy Creek Reservoir, now known as Brushy Lake, is a reservoir located eight miles northeast of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, on a tributary of Sallisaw Creek. Brushy Lake Park is located around the reservoir. Formerly known as Brushy Lake Reservoir an ...

* Lake Burtschi * Canton Lake * Carl Albert Lake *

Carl Blackwell Lake Lake Carl Blackwell a/k/a Carl Blackwell Lake is west of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Primarily a recreational area, it is almost midway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. It was constructed in 1937.

Lake Carl Etling Lake Carl Etling, elevation , also called Lake Carl G. Etling and Carl Etling Lake, is located southeast of Kenton, Oklahoma in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, inside Black Mesa State Park. Fed by South Carrizo Creek South Carrizo Creek forms either j ...

* Lake Carlton * Carter Lake * Cedar Lake * Chandler Lake *

Lake Checotah A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

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 ...

* Chouteau Lock & Dam (MKARNS L&D #15) * Claremore Lake *

Clayton Lake Clayton Lake is a small recreational lake in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It is located south of Clayton, Oklahoma. The lake, which was built in 1935, impounds the waters of Peal Creek. It is operated as Clayton Lake State Park by the Stat ...

* Clear Creek Lake * Cleveland City Lake * Clinton Lake * Coalgate City Lake * Comanche Lake * Copan Lake *

Cordell Reservoir "Cordell" as a surname * Alexander Cordell, pen name of George Graber, Sri Lankan-Welsh novelist * LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, American retired judge of the Supreme Court of California "Cordell" as a given name * Cordell Annesley (d. 1636) English ...

Crowder Lake Crowder may refer to: Places in the United States *Crowder, Oklahoma *Crowder, Mississippi *Crowder, Missouri *Crowder College *Fort Crowder Other uses *Crowder (musician), contemporary Christian musician *Crowder (surname) *Crowder, someone who ...

Cushing Municipal Lake Cushing may refer to: People * Cushing (surname) Places in the United States * Cushing, Iowa * Cushing, Maine * Cushing, Minnesota * Cushing Township, Minnesota * Cushing, Nebraska * Cushing, Oklahoma * Cushing, Texas * Cushing, Wisconsi ...

Lake Dahlgren Lake Dahlgren is a lake situated approximately southeast of Noble, Oklahoma. It is an artificial lake created by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is an agency of the state of Ok ...

* Dead Warrior Lake * Dripping Springs Lake *

Lake Durant Lake Durant is a lake located 3 miles east of Indian Lake, New York#Communities and locations in Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, New York. It has an area of 289 acres and an elevation of 1769 feet. Fish species present in the lake are largemouth ...

* Lake Ellsworth * Lake Elmer *

Lake El Reno Lake El Reno was created in 1966 in Canadian County, Oklahoma, near the city of El Reno, by constructing an earthen dam across Fourmile Creek, (Canadian County, Oklahoma), a tributary of the North Canadian River.

* Lake Eucha * Evans Chambers Lake *

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 ...

* Fort Cobb Reservoir *

Fort Supply Lake Fort Supply Lake is in Woodward County, Oklahoma, about south of Fort Supply and northwest of Woodward. Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lake surface covers . There are about of public hunting land managed by the Corps of Engin ...

* Lake Frederick * Fuqua Lake * Newt Graham Reservoir (MKARNS L&D 18) * Greenleaf Lake * Grand Lake O' the Cherokees *

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 fo ...

* 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 Hugo Lake is manmade lake located east of Hugo, in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is formed by Hugo Lake Dam on the Kiamichi River upstream from the Red River. The dam is visible from U.S. Route 70, which crosses its spillway ...

* Lake Jean Neustadt *

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 lar ...

Keystone Lake Keystone Lake is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas and Cimarron rivers. It is located upstream about from Tulsa. It was created in 1968 when the Keystone Dam was completed. The primary purposes are: flood control, hydroelect ...

* Konawa Reservoir *

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 ...

* Liberty Lake * Lloyd Church Lake * Lake Lloyd Vincent
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Lone Chimney Lake Lake Lone Chimney owned by the Tri-County Development Authority, is in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, east of Glencoe.

* W. D. Mayo Reservoir (MKARNS L&D #14) * Lake McAlester, McAlester Lake * Lake McMurtry * Mountain Lake * Lake Murray * Oklahoma Lake * Okmulgee Lake * Okemah Lake Lake Lawtonka and Mount Scott and Migrating Geese

Lake Lawtonka and Mount Scott and Migrating Geese

Oologah Lake Lake Oologah is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma. It is located near the towns of Oologah, Nowata, and Claremore. The lake has a surface of of water and of shoreline with 11 lake-side parks. The water storage capacity is rated as . The lake ...

Lake Overholser Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The lake is west of Bethany.Ozzie Cobb Lake *

Pine Creek Lake Pine Creek Lake is a lake in McCurtain County and Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, USA. It is north of Valliant, Oklahoma.Pauls Valley Lake * Ponca Lake, Ponca City lake * Pretty Water Lake *

Lake R.C. Longmire A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Raymond Gary Lake Raymond Gary Lake is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, United States, one mile east of the town of Fort Towson in Choctaw County. It was constructed on Gates Creek in 1956 by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Its primary use ...

Rock Creek Reservoir Rock Creek reservoir, also known as Scott King reservoir, is north of the city of Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or Ame ...

* Sahoma Lake * Sardis Lake * Shawnee Twin Lakes * Skiatook Lake * Skipout Lake *

Sooner Lake Sooner Lake is a reservoir in Pawnee and Noble counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It was built in 1972 to serve as a reservoir of cooling water for a coal-fired power generation plant owned by Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E). The pl ...

* Lake Spavinaw * Sportsman Lake * Spring Creek Lake * Stroud Lake * Lake Stanley Draper * Tom Steed Reservoir * Lake Talequah *

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 ...

* Lake Thunderbird * Watonga Lake *

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 ...

Wes Watkins Wesley Wade Watkins (born December 15, 1938) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Watkins is a retired member of the United States House of Representatives where he had represented for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six ye ...

* Lake Wayne Wallace * Webbers Falls Reservoir (MKARNS L&D #16) *

Wes Watkins Reservoir Wes Watkins Reservoir is a reservoir located in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie County in central Oklahoma, United States, between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Shawnee, Oklahoma, Shawnee (in the center of McLoud, Oklahoma ...

* Wewoka Lake *

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 ...

Lake W. R. Holway Lake W. R. Holway, or Chimney Rock Lake is a reservoir in Mayes County, Oklahoma on the Saline Creek arm of Lake Hudson (Oklahoma). It was created in 1968 by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) as an integral part of the Salina Pumped Storage Proj ...

* Lake Yahola

Notes

References

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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