List of lakes of Oklahoma

The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely 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. 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

Ranked by surface acres, Lake Eufaula is the 34th largest lake in the United States and Lake Texoma is the 38th largest.

Name	Capacity in acre feet	surface acres	average depth	water clarity
	2,643,000			average to excellent
Eufaula Lake	2,314,000	105,500	22	poor to excellent
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees	1,515,416	41,779	36.3	average to excellent
Broken Bow Lake	918,070	14,200	65	excellent
Tenkiller Ferry Lake	654,100	12,900	51	excellent
Keystone Lake	557,600	23,610	23	average
Oologah Lake	553,400	29,640	19	average
	525,700	43,800	12	poor
Kaw Lake	428,600	17,040	25	poor to average
Fort Gibson Lake	355,200	14,900	24	good
Skiatook Lake	322,700	10,190	32	good
Sardis Lake	274,330	13,610	20	average
Waurika Lake	203,100	10,100	20	average
Markham Ferry Reservoir (Lake Hudson)	200,300	10,900	18	average
Webbers Falls Lake	170,100	11,600	15	average
Foss Reservoir	160,145	8,800	18	average
Hugo Lake	157,600	13,250	12	poor
	153,250	5,728	27	excellent
Sooner Lake	149,000	5,400	28	excellent
	132,830	6,260	21	fair
Atoka Lake	125,000	5,700	22	poor
	119,600	6,070	20	average
McGee Creek Reservoir	113,930	3,810	30	excellent
Canton Lake	111,310	7,910	14	average
	109,276	6,400	-	-
	92,500	5,600	17	fair to poor
	87,296	2,900	30	good
Fort Cobb Reservoir	80,010	4,100	20	average
	79,600	2,860	28	excellent
	75,000	2,500	30	good
	72,400	2,350	31	excellent
Wister Lake	61,423	7,300	9	average
	61,500	3,370	18	average
	56,574	2,398	24	good
Pine Creek Lake	53,750	3,750	14	good
, formerly Chimney Rock Lake	48,000	712	67	excellent
Copan Lake	43,400	4,850	9	average
	38,000	1,584	24	excellent
Great Salt Plains Lake	31,240	8,690	4	poor
Hulah Lake	31,160	3,570	9	poor
Arcadia Lake	27,520	1,820	15	average
Chouteau Reservoir	23,840	2,270
Konawa Reservoir	23,000	1,350	17	excellent
Shawnee Twin Lake, No. l	22,600	1,336	17	good
Fuqua Lake	21,100	1,500	14	average
	19,733	1,155	17	average
Birch Lake	19,200	1,137	17	good
Bluestem Lake	17,000	762	22	average
Dripping Springs Lake	16,200	1,150	14	excellent
Bellcow Lake	15,613	1,153	14	average
	13,526	1,581	16.9 max	fair to poor
Greenleaf Lake	14,720	920	16	good
	14,440	805	18	good
Okmulgee Lake	14,170	668	21	good
	14,065	1,142	12	good
Fort Supply Lake	13,900	1,820	8	fair to poor
	13,398	1,521	9	average
	13,162	918	14	good
Okemah Lake	13,100	761	17	average
	12,000	334	36	excellent
	11,900	840	14	good
Chickasha Lake	11,480	820	14	good
Holdenville Lake	11,000	550	20	average to good

Source: Oklahoma Water Atlas . and, accessed Mar 1, 2011. Some inconsistencies exist between the two sources.

Lakes geography and administration

Reservoir	Nearby town	River basin	Surface acres	Elevation MSL, ft.	Maintained by	Comments
	Altus	North Fork of the Red River	6,260	1,547	Bureau of Reclamation
American Horse Lake	Geary		100		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
	Sulphur	Rock Creek	3,127	881.5	National Park Service
Arcadia Lake	Arcadia, Edmond	Deep Fork	1,820	974	Army Corps of Engineers
Atoka Lake	Atoka	North Boggy Creek	5,700	617	Oklahoma City
Bell Cow Lake	Chandler, Oklahoma	Bell Cow Creek	1,153	892	City of Chandler
Birch Lake	Barnsdall	Birch Creek	1,137	695	Army Corps of Engineers
Bixhoma Lake	Bixby		110	899	City of Bixby
	Stillwater	Stillwater Creek	3,350	977	Oklahoma State University
Bluestem Lake	Pawhuska	Middle Bird Creek	720	876
Boomer Lake	Stillwater	Stillwater Creek	251	896
Broken Bow Lake	Broken Bow	Mountain Fork River	14,200	627	Army Corps of Engineers
	Chickasha		180		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Canton Lake	Canton	North Canadian River	7,910	974	Army Corps of Engineers
Cedar Lake	Heavener	Big Cedar Creek	86	900	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	;
Evan Chambers Lake			80		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Chickasha Lake	Caddo County, Oklahoma	Spring Creek	2086.8	1192	City of Chickasha
Chouteau Reservoir	Chouteau	Arkansas River	2270	511.5	Corps of Engineers MKARNS L&D 17
Clayton Lake	Clayton	Peal Creek	66	665
Claremore Lake	Claremore	Dog Creek	470	610	City of Claremore
Clear Creek Lake	Duncan	Clear Creek	600	1148
	Rattan	Rock Creek	116	513	Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Copan Lake	Copan	Caney River	4,850		Army Corps of Engineers
	Noble		30		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Dripping Springs Lake	Okmulgee		1150	741	City of Okmulgee
Ellsworth Lake	Lawton	East Cache Creek	5,000
Elmer Lake	Kingfisher		60	1,119	Oklahoma Wildlife Department
	Boise City	Carrizo Creek	159		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Eucha Lake	Eucha, Oklahoma	Spavinaw Creek	2,800	778	City of Tulsa
Eufaula Lake	Eufaula	Canadian River	102,000	585	Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Cobb Reservoir	Fort Cobb	Cobb Creek	2000	1341
Fort Gibson Lake	Fort Gibson	Grand River	19,900	582	Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Supply Lake	Fort Supply	Wolf Creek	1,800	2,400	Army Corps of Engineers
Foss Reservoir	Foss	Washita River	5,956	1,652	Bureau of Reclamation
	Fort Towson	Gates Creek	263		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Newt Graham Reservoir	Inola, Tulsa Port of Catoosa	Arkansas River	1490	532	Army Corps of Engineers
Grand Lake	Grove, Afton, Langley	Grand River	41,749		Grand River Dam Authority
Great Salt Plains Lake	Jet, Cherokee	Salt Fork Arkansas River	8,700		Army Corps of Engineers
Greenleaf Lake	Braggs	Greenleaf Creek	930	699
					Oklahoma Wildlife Department
	Fort Smith, Arkansas, Moffett, Oklahoma	Arkansas River	7,700	392	Army Corps of Engineers
Hefner Lake	Oklahoma City		2,500
Heyburn Lake	Kellyville	Polecat Creek	890	784	Army Corps of Engineers
Holdenville Lake	Holdenville	Little River	550	787
	Salina	Grand River	712	865	Grand River Dam Authority
Hudson Lake	Locust Grove	Grand River	12,000	649	Grand River Dam Authority
Hugo Lake	Hugo	Kiamichi River	18,196	404.5	Army Corps of Engineers
Hulah Lake	Copan	Caney River	3,570	733	Army Corps of Engineers
	Stephens County, Oklahoma	Wildhorse Creek	882		City of Duncan, Oklahoma
			65		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
	Lawton	Blue Beaver Creek	57.5		U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Kaw Lake	Ponca City	Arkansas River	17,000	1,010	Army Corps of Engineers
	Sallisaw	Arkansas River	43,800	478	Grand River Dam Authority
Keystone Lake	Sand Springs	Arkansas River	23,600		Army Corps of Engineers
Konawa Reservoir	Konawa	Canadian River	1,350	924	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Lone Chimney Lake	Pawnee County	Camp Creek	550
	Le Flore County, Sequoyah County	Arkansas River	1595	413	Army Corps of Engineers
McGee Creek Reservoir	Atoka	McGee Creek	3810	577
McMurtry Lake	Stillwater	North Stillwater Creek	155	950	City of Stillwater
Nanih Waiya Lake	Tuskahoma		131	594	Oklahoma Wildlife Department
	Ardmore		462		City of Ardmore
Oklahoma Lake	Okmulgee	-	-	-	-
Oologah Lake	Oologah, Nowata, Claremore	Verdigris River	29,500	638	Army Corps of Engineers
Optima Lake	Hardesty	Beaver River			Army Corps of Engineers
Overholser Lake	Oklahoma City, Bethany, and Yukon	North Canadian River	1,581	1,242	City of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
Pine Creek Lake	Fort Towson	Little River (Red River)	3,750		Army Corps of Engineers
Sahoma Lake	Sapulpa	Rock Creek	277	716	City of Sapulpa	2,543 acre feet, 9.15' mean depth, & 35.66' maximum depth.
Sardis Lake	Clayton	Jackfork River	14,360	599	Army Corps of Engineers
Schooler Lake			35		Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Skiatook Lake	Skiatook	Hominy Creek	10,190	714	Army Corps of Engineers
Spavinaw Lake	Spavinaw	Spavinaw Creek	1,636	679
	Snyder	Otter Creek	6,400	1,407
Stroud Lake	Stroud	Lincoln Creek	621	855
Tenkiller Lake	Cookson, Vian, Gore, Park Hill, Tahlequah	Illinois River	12,900	632	Army Corps of Engineers
Texoma Lake	Kingston	Red River	93,000		Army Corps of Engineers
	Lawton	Little Medicine Creek	334	1,383
Thunderbird Lake	Norman	Little River (Canadian River)	5,349	1,039	The Bureau of Reclamation owns the dam, which is operated by the local Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District.
Vanderwork Lake	Gotebo				Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Vincent Lake	Arnett				Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Watonga Lake	Watonga		55	1375	Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Waurika Lake	Waurika	Beaver Creek	10,100	951	Army Corps of Engineers
Webbers Falls Lake	Webbers Falls	Arkansas River	11,600		Army Corps of Engineers
Wister Lake	Wister	Poteau River	7,300	478	Army Corps of Engineers
Yahola Lake	Tulsa		400		City of Tulsa

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
Bluestem Lake
Boomer Lake
Broken Bow Lake
Brushy Lake (Sallisaw, Oklahoma)
Lake Burtschi
Canton Lake
Carl Albert Lake
Lake Carl Blackwell
Lake Carl Etling
Lake Carlton
Carter Lake
Cedar Lake
Chandler Lake
Lake Checotah
Chickasha Lake
Chouteau Lock & 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
Dead Warrior Lake
Dripping Springs Lake
Lake Durant
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Elmer
Lake El Reno
Lake Eucha
Evans Chambers Lake
Foss Reservoir
Fort Cobb Reservoir
Fort Supply Lake
Lake Frederick
Fuqua Lake
Newt Graham Reservoir
Greenleaf Lake
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
Great Salt Plains Lake
Guthrie Lake
John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake
Heyburn Lake
Hobart Lake (a.k.a. Rocky Lake)
Holdenville Lake
Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
Hulah Lake
Lake Humphreys
Hugo Lake
Lake Jean Neustadt
Lake Jed Johnson
Keystone Lake
Konawa Reservoir
Lake Lawtonka
Leeper Lake
Liberty Lake
Lloyd Church Lake
Lake Lloyd Vincent
Lone Chimney Lake
W. D. Mayo Reservoir
Lake McAlester|McAlester Lake
Lake McMurtry
Mountain Lake
Lake Murray
Oklahoma Lake
Okmulgee Lake
Okemah Lake
Oologah Lake
Lake Overholser
Ozzie Cobb Lake
Pine Creek Lake
Pauls Valley Lake
Ponca Lake, Ponca City lake
Pretty Water Lake
Lake R.C. Longmire
Raymond Gary Lake
Rock Creek Reservoir
Sahoma Lake
Sardis Lake
Shawnee Twin Lakes
Skiatook Lake
Skipout Lake
Sooner Lake
Lake Spavinaw
Sportsman Lake
Spring Creek Lake
Stroud Lake
Lake Stanley Draper
Tom Steed Reservoir
Lake Talequah
Elmer Thomas Lake
Lake Thunderbird
Watonga Lake
Waurika Lake
Wes Watkins
Lake Wayne Wallace
Webbers Falls Reservoir
Wes Watkins Reservoir
Wewoka Lake
Lake Wister
Lake W. R. Holway
Lake Yahola