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Lake Oologah is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma. It is located near the towns of Oologah , Nowata , and Claremore . The lake has a surface of 29,500 acres (119 km 2 ) of water and 209 miles (336 km) of shoreline with 11 lake-side parks.
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.
Members of the Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency, an area advocacy group, worry that raising the water level will make flooding worse at the lake's upstream rivers.
In June 2013, an Oklahoma Water Resources Board study disclosed that a build-up of clay and dirt had accumulated close to the water pump intake. This was the result of high evaporation rates and high water consumption. The lake received about 4 inches (10 cm) of rain in April 2013, but that would only extend the life of the lake about one week. [4]
In Oklahoma, streamwater is defined to include “water in ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and playa lakes” [2] (or dry lakes). Streamwater is considered to be publicly owned; the Oklahoma Water Resources board is responsible for appropriation for all areas of the State of Oklahoma except the Grand River basin, where the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) has responsibility for allocation on a use ...
The lake has 9.9 miles (15.9 km) of shoreline and its surface normally covers 263 acres (106 ha). [6] Lake elevation is approximately 400 feet (120 m) [1] The maximum capacity is 3,960 acre-ft and the normal storage is 1,681 acre-ft. [6] The average depth is 6.4 feet (2.0 m), with a maximum depth of 22 feet (6.7 m) [6] The earthen dam is 900 feet (270 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) high.
The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources , there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. [ 1 ]
Pine Creek Lake comprises 3,750 acres (15.2 km 2) of area and 74 miles (119 km) of shoreline.Normal pool elevation is 438 feet (134 m) above sea level. Its flood pool capacity is 465,780 acre-feet (574,530,000 m 3), at which time its flood pool is at an elevation of 480 feet (150 m) above sea level.