Atoka Reservoir

Lake Atoka Reservoir
Location of Lake Atoka Reservoir in Oklahoma, USA.
Location of Lake Atoka Reservoir in Oklahoma, USA.
Lake Atoka Reservoir
Location of Lake Atoka Reservoir in Oklahoma, USA.
Location of Lake Atoka Reservoir in Oklahoma, USA.
Lake Atoka Reservoir
LocationAtoka County, Oklahoma,
United States
Coordinates34°27′07″N 96°05′26″W / 34.45194°N 96.09056°W / 34.45194; -96.09056
Typereservoir
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length9.3 mi (15 km)
Surface area5,700 acres (2,300 ha)
Average depth85 ft (26 m)
Water volume105,195 acre⋅ft (0.129756 km3)
Shore length143 mi (70 km)
Surface elevation590 ft (180 m)[1]
SettlementsAtoka, Oklahoma
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Atoka Reservoir (also called Atoka Lake) is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Atoka, Oklahoma, county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was built in 1959 to expand the water supply for Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City and Atoka.[2]

Description

The lake has a surface area of 5,700 acres (23,000,000 m2),[3] an average depth of 26 meters (26 m), 70 miles (110 km) of shoreline and a capacity of 105,195 acre-feet (129,756,000 m3).[4] Its length is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi).[a]

Litigation over water rights

Atoka Lake is mentioned along with Sardis Lake, the Kiamichi Basin and the Clear Boggy Basin in a current court case (now known as Chickasaw v. Fallin), alleging that the state has violated the water rights of specific Native American tribes. The case was filed in 2011, and seeks to prevent of limit withdrawals of water from the named sources by the city of Oklahoma City and approved by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ LASR states that the shoreline is 60 miles (97 km) long.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Atoka Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved Jan 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "City of Oklahoma City | Lake Atoka Reservation Association". Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  3. ^ "Atoka Lake, Oklahoma." OutdoorsOK. Accessed August 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Oklahoma Water Resource Board
  5. ^ "Oklahoma Lakes and Rivers." Leisure and Sports Review (LASR.com) Accessed August 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Krehbiel-Burton, Lenzy. "Tribes sue over water rights to lake." Native American Times. August 22, 2011. August 28, 2015.