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 |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 10,500 acres (4,200 ha) |
| Surface elevation | 714.0 ft (217.6 m) |
Skiatook Lake is 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 14 miles upstream of the confluence of Hominy and Bird Creeks. Gentle rolling hills of Blackjack and Post Oak interspersed with Tallgrass prairie surround the lake.
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 damsite is located on Hominy Creek about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Skiatook in Osage County, Oklahoma. It is 14.3 miles (23.0 km) above the junction of Hominy Creek and Bird Creek.The project serves the purposes of flood control, water quality, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. 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. Today, Skiatook, Sand Springs, Tulsa and Sapulpa use Skiatook Lake as a municipal water supply.
At elevation 714 feet (218 m) above sea level, the lake has a flat surface area of about 10,190 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 acre-feet. (See List of lakes in Oklahoma)
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.
Sport fishing is very popular and Skiatook Lake has several annual fishing tournaments. Largemouth and smallmouth bass, black and white crappie, channel catfish, and several species of sunfish, or lake perch, are plentiful in Skiatook Lake.
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