List of lakes of Oklahoma

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. 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.

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

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 (MKARNS L&D #15)
 * 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 (MKARNS L&D 18)
 * 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
 * Liberty Lake
 * Lloyd Church Lake
 * Lake Lloyd Vincent
 * Lone Chimney Lake
 * W. D. Mayo Reservoir (MKARNS L&D #14)
 * 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 (MKARNS L&D #16)
 * Wes Watkins Reservoir
 * Wewoka Lake
 * Lake Wister
 * Lake W. R. Holway
 * Lake Yahola