Okatibbee Dam is a dam in

Lauderdale County, Mississippi Lauderdale County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the so ...

. The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1968 by the

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with a height of 72 feet and a length of 6620 at its crest. It impounds

Okatibbee Creek Okatibbee Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Tributaries include Chickasawhay Creek, Sowashee Creek, and Suqualena Creek. Okatibbee Creek joins the Chunky River to form the Chickasawhay River. Okatibbee Dam on Okatibbee Creek ...

for flood control and municipal drinking water. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. The reservoir it creates, Okatibbee Lake, has a water surface of 5.9 square miles, about 28 linear miles of shoreline, a maximum capacity of 59,481

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, and a normal storage capacity of 46,538 acre-feet. Recreation includes boating, fishing, camping, hunting, and enjoying the five parks maintained by the Corps, one full service campground and four day-use parks. Directly north of the lake is the state's Okatibbee State Wildlife Area.

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