Chickasha Lake, also known as Lake Chickasha, is a man-made reservoir in the central part of the state of Oklahoma. Located in

Caddo County, Oklahoma Caddo County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 26,945. Its county seat is Anadarko, Oklahoma, Anadarko. Created in 1901 as part of O ...

, it was completed in 1958. The main purposes were supplying water (especially to the city of Chickasha) and for recreation."Chickasha Lake Hydrographic Survey Report." ''Oklahoma Water Resources Board''.(ORWB). October 31, 2011.
Accessed January 31, 2019. The lake is about west of Chickasha, and is owned and operated by that city.
Accessed January 31, 2019. A 2011 survey showed that the lake has a surface area of a capacity of of water when filled to an elevation of . The mean depth was and the maximum depth was . It also has 10 miles of shoreline. The lake is fed by multiple streams, but primarily Spring Creek on the west arm and Stinking Creek on the east arm.

Spring Creek

The Spring Creek that feeds Lake Chickasha originates east of

Salyer Lake Salyer Lake is a reservoir in Caddo County, Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the sou ...

and just south of

Oklahoma State Highway 152 State Highway 152 (abbreviated SH-152) is a state highway running through west-central Oklahoma. It begins at the Texas state line, serving as a continuation of Texas State Highway 152, and continues east to end at I-344 ( John Kilpatrick Tur ...

in Caddo County. It travels generally south and slightly to the east until impounded by the lake. Spring Creek then continues at the south end of the lake, traveling south-southeast to its mouth on the

Washita River The Washita River () is a river in the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma. The river is long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River of the South, Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma () on the TexasOklahoma border. Geogra ...

. This creek is not to be confused with at least five other creeks in Oklahoma with the “Spring Creek” name, nor with numerous other watercourses named Spring Creek in other states and countries.

Stinking Creek

Stinking Creek originates east of Spring Creek and south of SH-152, at a point south of

Cogar, Oklahoma Cogar is a small unincorporated rural community in northeast Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles west of Minco, Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 37, and about 5 miles east of Salyer Lake on Oklahoma S ...

. It flows generally south for 12 miles through Caddo County until impounded at Lake Chickasha. It does not continue past the lake. Despite the name, the water in Stinking Creek was found in 2012 to have improved enough to meet state dissolved oxygen criteria for support of warm-water aquatic communities, after implementation of best management practices in the watershed.

References

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