Arcadia Lake
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma1,820 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Arcadia Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 33 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.1 ft visibility. Surface area: 1820 acres.
Arcadia Lake is a 1,820-acre lake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 33 feet. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 3 public boat landings.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2024-11-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Arcadia Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch3 documented ramps
- Big water1,820 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Arcadia Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Arcadia Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Arcadia Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 2.1 ft of visibility. TSI 67.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.1ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 67 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~33 ft est.
Surface area
1,820 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by Oklahoma DEQ
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Oklahoma has not published bathymetry for Arcadia Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
102 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
13.7 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,020 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
Recreation & Access
- Edmond Park - 2nd StreetPublic
- Central State ParkPublic
- Spring CreekPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Arcadia Lake
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2018–2020). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Stable3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Arcadia Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Arcadia Dam (completed 1986), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Deep Fork River; earth-type dam, 102 ft tall and 5,250 ft long.
- Surface area
- 1,820 ac
- Normal storage
- 27,570 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 190,700 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 105 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- USACE - Tulsa District
All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK22178 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Arcadia Lake
Where is Arcadia Lake?
- Arcadia Lake is a lake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Arcadia Lake?
- Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.1 ft visibility. Surface area: 1820 acres.
Is Arcadia Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Arcadia Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Arcadia Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 33 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 1820 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Arcadia Lake?
- Arcadia Lake has 3 documented boat landings in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Edmond Park - 2nd Street, Central State Park, Spring Creek. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Arcadia Lake?
- Arcadia Lake has 3 documented boat landings in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Oklahoma's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
374 measurements from 5 monitoring stations, 2017–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX374 samples · 2017–2024
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
- Determination of Turbidity
Monitoring station identifiers (5)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory