Lake Atoka Reservoir facts for kids
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 Lake Atoka Reservoir
Location in Oklahoma
Lake Atoka Reservoir
Location in the United States
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| Location | Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°27′07″N 96°05′26″W / 34.45194°N 96.09056°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Surface area | 5,700 acres (2,300 ha) |
| Average depth | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Water volume | 105,195 km3 (8.5283×1010 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 70 km (43 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| 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), 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). Its length is 15 miles (24 km).
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.
