Skiatook Lake

General data

Name: Skiatook Lake
Water system: Mississippi River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Hominy Creek -> Bird Creek -> Verdigris River -> Arkansas River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Skiatook Lake is a federally-owned and operated reservoir located in Osage County. The Skiatook Dam is located on Hominy Creek, 23 km upstream of the confluence of Hominy and Bird Creeks. The project purposes include flood control, water quality, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. Gentle rolling hills of Blackjack and Post Oak interspersed with Tallgrass prairie surround the lake. The lake is under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. At elevation 218 m above sea level, the lake has a flat surface area of about 42 km2 and 260 km of shoreline. At normal levels the lake contains 398,000,000 m3 of water. Skiatook Lake is the fifteenth largest lake in Oklahoma in surface area and the eleventh largest in capacity.

Skiatook Lake

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