Overview
Kaw Lake is a large U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Arkansas River in north-central Oklahoma, east of Ponca City in Kay and Osage Counties. Impounded by Kaw Dam and completed in the mid-1970s, the lake sits in the Tulsa District and is documented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Authorized purposes include flood risk management, water supply, hydropower, recreation, and fish and wildlife. Public references use both “Kaw Lake” and “Kaw Reservoir.”
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