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McGee Creek is impounded by McGee Creek Lake.Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on July 10, 1982, and the project was dedicated on August 22, 1986. The lake was built to help establish flood control in the Muddy Boggy and Red River basins, and to supply the city of Oklahoma City with water.
McGee Creek State Park is a state park in southern Oklahoma. The park is on the south side of McGee Creek Reservoir, which impounds the waters of McGee Creek. Created in 1985 the reservoir provides flood control. The park is approximately 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) and the reservoir is approximately 3,800 acres (1,500 ha).
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. 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 ...
Fishing report, Nov. 1-7: Courtright and Wishon trout action excellent, good bites at Delta and New Melones. Roger George and Dave Hurley. October 31, 2023 at 4:00 PM. Roger George /For The Bee.
McGee Creek Lake is 17 miles (27 km) east of Atoka; 18 miles (29 km) west of Antlers and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Farris, Oklahoma [4]. The reservoir, which filled at the completion of the United States Bureau of Reclamation McGee Dam in 1987, consists of 3,810 acres (15.4 km 2) surface area and 64 miles (103 km) of shoreline.
McGee Creek WMA [61] Atoka county: 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) 11 miles east of Stringtown in the south-central part of the county The WMA is situated in the middle of the V-shaped 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) McGee Creek Lake that is fed by Potapo Creek from the northwest and McGee Creek from the north. [62] McGee Creek State Park is on the southeast ...
Fishing is common year-round, as is hunting during hunting season. [citation needed] Several flood control reservoirs built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the state, including Broken Bow Lake, Clayton Lake, McGee Creek Lake, Pine Creek Lake, and Sardis Lake, are framed by views of the mountains. [citation needed]
The region contains Oklahoma's largest lake by surface area, Lake Eufaula. Other major lakes include Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, Sardis Lake, Hugo Lake, McGee Creek Reservoir, Pine Creek Lake, Broken Bow Lake, Lake Wister, Lake Atoka Reservoir, and on Choctaw Country's southwestern border, Lake Texoma.