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Sooner Lake is a reservoir in
Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language: * Pawnee people * Pawnee language Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States: * Pawnee, Illinois * Pawnee, Kansas * Pawnee, Missouri * Pawnee City, Nebraska * ...
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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 ...
. 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 plant is at the northwest end of the lake. The normal elevation is . Maximum depth is and average depth is . The lake covers and has a water capacity of . The shoreline is long. The lake is not far from the Arkansas River. It was originally filled by pumping water from the river and is maintained at the desired level the same way. Sooner Lake includes a wildlife preserve and is the home to
bald eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...
s during the winter months. Eagle cameras have been placed at nesting sites and can be viewed online.


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Reservoirs in Oklahoma Bodies of water of Pawnee County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub