Claremore Lake
Rogers County, Oklahoma470 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Claremore Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 51 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Claremore Lake in Rogers County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 470 acres.
Claremore Lake is a 470-acre lake in Rogers County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 51 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2024-09-25. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Claremore Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Claremore 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 Claremore Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Claremore 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 1.6 ft of visibility. TSI 71.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1.6ft | 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. | 71 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~51 ft est.
Surface area
470 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 Claremore Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
56 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
8.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
623 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
- Claremore Lake ParkPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Claremore Lake
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2019–2024). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Worsening3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Claremore Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Claremore Lake (completed 1930), built primarily for water supply on the Dog Creek; earth-type dam, 42 ft tall and 1,350 ft long.
- Surface area
- 470 ac
- Normal storage
- 7,900 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 20,000 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 57.32 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Claremore
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK02341 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Claremore Lake
Where is Claremore Lake?
- Claremore Lake is a lake in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Claremore Lake?
- Claremore Lake in Rogers County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 470 acres.
Is Claremore Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Claremore Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Claremore Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 51 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 470 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Claremore Lake?
- Claremore Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Claremore Lake Park. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Claremore Lake?
- Claremore Lake has 1 documented boat landing 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
26 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2018–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX26 samples · 2018–2024
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
- Determination of Turbidity
Monitoring station identifiers (3)
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