Fuqua Lake is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
located in
Stephens County, Oklahoma
Stephens County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 42,848. Its county seat is Duncan, Oklahoma, Duncan. The county was created at state ...
, about northeast of the city of
Duncan
Duncan may refer to:
People
* Duncan (given name), various people
* Duncan (surname), various people
* Clan Duncan
* Justice Duncan (disambiguation)
Places
* Duncan Creek (disambiguation)
* Duncan River (disambiguation)
* Duncan Lake (di ...
on State Highway 29.
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Accessed June 15, 2018. Constructed in 1962, it is the largest of four reservoirs that comprise the public water supply for Duncan.
The lake was reportedly named for Herbert Breedlove (Babe) Fuqua, an oil businessesperson and politician from
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
.
It is impounded by an
earthen dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...
that was constructed in 1962.
Lake description
The lake has a normal capacity of of water.
The lake covers , surrounded by of shoreline and having an average depth of . It is operated by the city of Duncan.
[Oklahoma Water Resource Board] It is also used for fishing.
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Reservoirs in Oklahoma
Infrastructure completed in 1962
Geography of Stephens County, Oklahoma