| Lake Atoka Reservoir | |
| Location: | Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States |
| Type: | reservoir |
| Basin Countries: | United States |
| Length: | 15km (09miles) |
| Area: | 5700acres |
| Depth: | 26m (85feet) |
| Volume: | 105195acre.ft |
| Shore: | 70km (40miles) |
| Elevation: | 180m (590feet) |
| Cities: | Atoka, Oklahoma |
| Pushpin Map: | Oklahoma#USA |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lake Atoka Reservoir in Oklahoma, USA. |
Lake Atoka Reservoir (also called Atoka Lake) is a reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, 4miles 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.[1]
The lake has a surface area of 5700acres,[2] an average depth of 26meters, 70miles of shoreline and a capacity of 105195acre-feet.[3] Its length is 15miles.
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.[4]