Fort Cobb Reservoir (also called Fort Cobb Lake) is a

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located in Caddo County in the

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. It impounds the waters of Cobb Creek (joining from the west), Lake Creek (joining from the north), and Willow Creek (joining from the northeast). The lake covers approximately of water and of shoreline. Its drainage area is . It was constructed in 1958. The towns of Carnegie,

Fort Cobb Fort Cobb was a United States Army post established in what is now Caddo County, Oklahoma in 1859 to protect relocated Native Americans from raids by the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne. The fort was abandoned by Maj. William H. Emory at the begin ...

, and Eakly are located nearby. Fort Cobb Dam is on Cobb Creek about north of Fort Cobb, and roughly above the confluence of Cobb Creek with the

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. The dam is a zoned earthfill structure containing 3,569,185 cubic yards (2,729,000 m³) of embankment. The crest width is , and the crest length is . The structural height of the dam is . Fort Cobb Reservoir has a total capacity of and covers an area of at top of flood pool level. The uncontrolled morning-glory spillway in the left abutment consists of a concrete intake structure, concrete conduit, and concrete chute and stilling basin. The Fort Cobb Reservoir is part of the Washita Basin Project of the

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, which also includes Foss Reservoir on the

in Custer County, along with numerous small flood-control structures on creeks and streams. Municipal and industrial water is supplied to the city of Anadarko and Western Farmers Electric Cooperative through the Anadarko Aqueduct which begins at the Fort Cobb Reservoir.

Recreation and fish and wildlife

Fort Cobb Reservoir provides over of land and some of water surface areas for recreation and includes of land and of water surface area for wildlife management. This reservoir provides some of shoreline at top of conservation pool. The recreation areas are administered by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the wildlife management area is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Since reservoir releases are primarily for municipal and industrial demands and flood control, the reservoir does not normally experience drastic drawdowns. The primary fish species include white and smallmouth bass, channel catfish, walleye, bluegill, bullhead, saugeye and crappie. The lake offers five RV campgrounds, one RV & Tent campground and four tent campgrounds on the southeast and southwest area of Fort Cobb Lake. Fort Cobb State Park and the wildlife management areas of the lake.

References

External links

Fort Cobb Reservoir on TravelOK.com
Official Oklahoma Tourism Dept. site
Fort Cobb Dam - Oklahoma

Washita Basin Project - US Bureau of Reclamation
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Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory

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