Atoka Lake
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 m), 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 m). 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.
Notes
- ^ LASR states that the shoreline is 60 miles (97 km) long.
References
- ^ "Atoka Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved Jan 13, 2021.
- ^ "City of Oklahoma City | Lake Atoka Reservation Association". Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
- ^ "Atoka Lake, Oklahoma." OutdoorsOK. Accessed August 28, 2015.
- ^ Oklahoma Water Resource Board
- ^ "Oklahoma Lakes and Rivers." Leisure and Sports Review (LASR.com) Accessed August 28, 2015.
- ^ Krehbiel-Burton, Lenzy. "Tribes sue over water rights to lake." Native American Times. August 22, 2011. August 28, 2015.
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