Lloyd Church Lake is a reservoir located south of the city of

Wilburton, Oklahoma Wilburton is a city in Latimer County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Latimer County. The city had a population of 2,843 at the 2010 census, a decline of 4.3 percent from the figure of 2,972 recorded in 2000. Robbers Cave Stat ...

on a tributary of the

Fourche Maline Fourche Maline (pronounced foosh-ma-lean) (''Bad Fork'', French) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Poteau River in Oklahoma. The headwater ...

river. The lake is supported by an

earthen dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...

and was constructed in 1964. The lake has a normal capacity of , covers , surrounded by of shoreline and has an average depth of . The lake is operated by the city of Wilburton. It is also used for fishing.

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Reservoirs in Oklahoma Dams completed in 1964 {{Oklahoma-geo-stub