Lake Atoka Reservoir

Lake Atoka Reservoir
Location Atoka County, Oklahoma,
United States
Coordinates 34°27′07″N 96°05′26″W / 34.45194°N 96.09056°W / 34.45194; -96.09056Coordinates: 34°27′07″N 96°05′26″W / 34.45194°N 96.09056°W / 34.45194; -96.09056
Type reservoir
Basin countries United States
Max. length 15 km (9.3 mi)
Surface area 5700 acres
Average depth 26 m (85 ft)
Water volume 105,195 km3 (8.5283×1010 acre·ft)
Shore length1 70 km (43 mi)
Settlements Atoka, 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.

Description

The lake has a surface area of 5,700 acres (23,000,000 m2),[1] an average depth of 26 feet (7.9 m), 70 miles (110 km) of shoreline and a capacity of 105,195 acre feet (129,756,000 m3).[2] Its length is 15 miles (24 km).[lower-alpha 1]

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.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ LASR states that the shoreline is 60 miles (97 km) long.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Atoka Lake, Oklahoma." OutdoorsOK. Accessed August 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Oklahoma Water Resource Board
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma Lakes and Rivers." Leisure and Sports Review (LASR.com) Accessed August 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Krehbiel-Burton, Lenzy. "Tribes sue over water rights to lake." Native American Times. August 22, 2011. August 28, 2015.

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