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Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. 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.
Broken Bow Lake. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Broken Bow Lake is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, located on Mountain Fork River and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the town of Broken Bow in McCurtain County. It is one of the largest fresh water lakes within the state of Oklahoma, and a popular tourist destination for locals ...
46,500 acres (18,800 ha) Surface elevation. 745 ft (227 m) Settlements. Grove, Oklahoma, Disney, Oklahoma. Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is situated in Northeast Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range. It is often simply called Grand Lake. It is administered by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).
Lake Eufaula: On a peninsula in Lake Eufaula. Lodge and cabins are closed. Now known as Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park. Beavers Bend State Park: McCurtain: 3,482 1,409: 1935: Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake: Bernice State Park: Delaware: 88 36: 1970: Grand Lake o' the Cherokees: Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State ...
Lake Eufaula, sometimes referred to as Eufaula Lake, is a reservoir in Oklahoma. It is located on the Canadian River, 27 mi (43 km) upstream from its confluence with the Arkansas River and near the town of Eufaula. The lake covers parts of McIntosh County, Pittsburg, Haskell and Okmulgee counties and drains 47,522 square miles (123,080 km 2).
Lake Texoma is situated on the border between Oklahoma and Texas in the Oklahoma counties of Bryan, Marshall, Johnston, and Love, and the Texas counties of Grayson and Cooke. [6] It has a surface area of 89,000 acres (360 km 2 ), a conservation water volume of 2,525,568 acre⋅ft (3.115242 km 3 ), and a flood-control volume of 5,194,163 acre⋅ ...
Kaw Lake is a reservoir completed in 1976 in the northern reaches of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, near Kaw City which is located on a hill overlooking the lake. The lake is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Ponca City. [1] Newkirk is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the upper end of the lake. Kaw Dam is 9,466 feet (2,885 m) long and 121 feet (37 m ...
Keystone Lake is about 23,600 acres (96 km 2) in area, and was designed to contain 505,381 acre-feet (623,378,000 m 3) of water. [1] It was named for the community of Keystone, which existed on the site from 1900 until 1962, when it was inundated by the waters of the lake. [a] Construction of the lake forced the relocation of three other towns ...