Lake Skiatook
| Skiatook Lake | |
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| Location | Osage County, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 36°21′05″N 096°05′31″W / 36.35139°N 96.09194°WCoordinates: 36°21′05″N 096°05′31″W / 36.35139°N 96.09194°W |
| Primary inflows | Hominy Creek |
| Primary outflows | Hominy Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 10,500 acres (4,200 ha) |
| Water volume | 322,700 acre feet (398,000,000 m3) |
| Surface elevation | 714.0 ft (217.6 m) |
| Settlements | Skiatook, Oklahoma |
Skiatook Lake is a federally-owned and operated reservoir located in Osage County, Oklahoma, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the town of Skiatook, 11 miles (18 km) east of Hominy, Oklahoma and about 18 miles (29 km) from Tulsa. The Skiatook Dam is located on Hominy Creek, 14 miles (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. The cities of Skiatook, Sand Springs, Sapulpa, and Tulsa use Skiatook Lake as a municipal water supply. 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 714 feet (218 m) above sea level, the lake has a flat surface area of about 10,500 acres (42 km2) and 160 miles (260 km) of shoreline. At normal levels the lake contains 322,700 acre feet (398,000,000 m3) of water. Skiatook Lake is the fifteenth largest lake in Oklahoma in surface area and the eleventh largest in capacity (acre-feet). (See List of lakes in Oklahoma)
Skiatook Dam and Lake were authorized for construction by the Flood Control Act approved October 23, 1962 (87th Congress). It is one of five projects in the Bird Creek Basin plan recommended to meet the comprehensive water resources needs of the area. The total cost of the project was approximately $120 million. Land acquisition started in 1973. Construction began in May 1977 and was completed in 1984.
The shoreline is accentuated by steep bluffs. Boating, hiking, swimming, camping, picnicking as well as hunting and fishing are all popular activities at the lake. Marina facilities, including boat slip rentals, fuel sales, and cabin rentals, are provide at Crystal Bay Marina and CrossTimbers Marina."
Sport fishing is very popular and Skiatook Lake has several annual fishing tournaments. Largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass, black and white crappie, channel catfish, and several species of sunfish, or lake perch, are plentiful."
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