Pine Creek Lake is a lake in

McCurtain County McCurtain County is in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,151. Its county seat is Idabel. It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory ...

and Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, USA. It is north of

Valliant, Oklahoma Valliant is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 754 at the 2010 census. History Valliant was founded June 2, 1902, in what was the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, and named for Frank W. Valliant, a chief div ...

.Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "Pine Creek Wildlife Management Area."
Retrieved December 5, 2013. It is located east of

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and north of Sobol. The lake, which was begun in 1963 and became operational built in 1969, impounds the waters of

Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

, Pine Creek, and Turkey Creek. It is managed by the

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for flood control, water supply, fish and wildlife, and recreational purposes. The adjacent

Pine Creek Wildlife Management Area Pine Creek Wildlife Management Area is a scientifically managed preserve of natural and native wildlife flora and fauna. It is located in Pushmataha County and McCurtain County, Oklahoma, adjacent to Pine Creek Lake, seven miles (11 km) north of V ...

extends this mission. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "Pine Creek Lake."
Accessed August 1, 2017

Lake details

Pine Creek Lake comprises of area and of shoreline. Normal pool elevation is above sea level. Its flood pool capacity is , at which time its flood pool is at an elevation of above

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. Normal pool capacity is .

Dam details

The dam is a rolled earth embankment, with a length of and a height of above the streambed. The total length of the dam, dike and spillway is . There is an uncontrolled saddle spillway, that is a gravity ogee weir. The design capacity of the spillway is per second.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "Pine Creek Lake - Pertinent Data."
Accessed August 1, 2017 Pine Creek Lake divides the Little River into upper and lower reaches. It is one of two impoundments on the river, the other being

Millwood Lake Millwood Lake is a reservoir in southwestern Arkansas, United States. It is located from Ashdown and is formed from the damming of the point where Little River and Saline River meet. Statistics Lake statistics: *Drainage area above the da ...

Little River County, Arkansas Little River County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. state of Arkansas, bordering a corner with Texas and Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,026. The county seat is Ashdown. Little River County is ...

.“Little River”, Southwest Paddler, http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/littleok.html. The wildlife management area covers and is adjacent to Little River and Pine Creek Lake.

References

{{authority control Lakes of Oklahoma Bodies of water of McCurtain County, Oklahoma Lakes of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma