Heyburn Lake

Heyburn Lake is a reservoir on Polecat Creek in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. It is about southwest of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Tiger and Brown Creeks also drain into the lake. The nearest town is Kellyville, Oklahoma. It was named for the now-defunct community of Heyburn. Its primary objectives are to provide flood control, drinking water and recreation. It is owned by the United States [Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]. Heyburn State Park adjoins the lake.

Description

The earthen dam was completed in 1950, and is above the original streambed and long.
The lake capacity is ; the conservation storage provides of storage which includes for water supply and for sediment reserve. The flood storage portion of the lake has reserved to store flood waters. The normal surface area is. The shoreline is.

Recreation facilities

Recreational facilities include boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing. Three areas offer campgrounds: Sunset Bay, Sheppard Point and Heyburn Park. They all have picnic areas, restrooms, showers, playgrounds and boat launches.
The Heyburn Public Hunting Area is a tract that allows hunting quail, squirrel, rabbit, waterfowl and wild turkey.

Heyburn, Oklahoma

The hamlet known as Heyburn, Oklahoma, was built along the St. Louis – [San Francisco Railway|Frisco] railroad during the 1880s. It was named for a local resident, Clay Heyburn. By 1920, there were 35 residents, a railroad station, a post office, two general stores and a cotton gin. The post office opened December 11, 1911 and closed October 14, 1922. When U.S. [Route 66 in Oklahoma|U, S. Route 66] was built a half mile north of the community, one of the general stores moved to the highway. The rest of the hamlet was soon abandoned and the structures vanished. The store on the highway has changed owners and locations several times, but is still known as the Heyburn store.