The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Oklahoma has the largest number of lakes created by dams of any state in the United States, with more than 200. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County 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
Dirty Details About Oklahoma Lakes - Nearly all of Oklahoma's lakes has some kind of water problem.
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 http://www.owrb.ok.gov/news/publications/wa/wa.php. and http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump/pdf_bump/2008/LakesReport.pdf, accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.
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Lakes and reservoirs (alphabetically)
- Altus City Reservoir
- Lake Altus-Lugert
- American Horse Lake
- Lake of the Arbuckles
- Arcadia Lake
- Ardmore City Lake
- Atoka Lake
- Bellcow Lake
- Birch Lake
- Lake Bixhoma
- Black Kettle Lake
- Bluestem Lake
- Boomer Lake
- Broken Bow Lake
- Brushy Creek Reservoir
- Lake Burtschi
- Canton Lake
- Carl Albert Lake
- Carl Blackwell Lake
- Lake Carl Etling
- Lake Carlton
- Carter Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Chandler Lake
- Lake Checotah
- Lake Chickasha
- Chouteau Lock and Dam
- Claremore Lake
- Clayton Lake
- Clear Creek Lake
- Cleveland City Lake
- Clinton Lake
- Coalgate City Lake
- Comanche Lake
- Copan Lake
- Cordell Reservoir
- Crowder Lake
- Cushing Municipal Lake
- Lake Dahlgren
- Dripping Springs Lake
- Lake Durant
- Lake Ellsworth
- Lake Elmer
- Lake El Reno
- Lake Eucha
- Foss Reservoir
- Fort Cobb Reservoir
- Fort Supply Lake
- Fuqua Lake
- Greenleaf Lake
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
- Great Salt Plains Lake
- Guthrie Lake
- Heyburn Lake
- Hobart Lake (a.k.a. Rocky Lake)
- Holdenville Lake
- Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
- Hulah Lake
- Hugo Lake
- Lake Jean Neustadt
- Lake Jed Johnson
- Keystone Lake
- Konawa Reservoir
- Lake Lawtonka
- Liberty Lake
- Lloyd Church Lake
- Lone Chimney Lake
- McGee Creek Reservoir
- Nanih Waiyah Lake
- Lake McMurtry
- Mountain Lake
- Lake Murray
- Oklahoma Lake
- Okmulgee Lake
- Oologah Lake
- Lake Overholser
- Ozzie Cobb Lake
- Pine Creek Lake
- Pauls Valley Lake
- Lake R.C. Longmire
- Raymond Gary Lake
- Rock Creek Reservoir
- Sardis Lake
- Shawnee Twin Lakes
- Skiatook Lake
- Sooner Lake
- Lake Spavinaw
- Sportsman Lake
- Stroud Lake
- Lake Stanley Draper
- Tom Steed Reservoir
- Lake Talequah
- Lake Thunderbird
- Waurika Lake
- Lake Wayne Wallace
- W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam
- Webbers Falls Reservoir
- Wes Watkins Reservoir
- Wewoka Lake
- Lake Wister
- Lake W. R. Holway
- Lake Yahola
See also
- List of rivers in Oklahoma
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