Dripping Springs Lake
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma1,055 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Dripping Springs Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 43 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Dripping Springs Lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 1055 acres.
Dripping Springs Lake is a 1,055-acre lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 43 feet. Overall water quality is improving 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 2020-08-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Dripping Springs Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
- Big water1,055 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Dripping Springs 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 Dripping Springs Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Dripping Springs Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 3.9 ft. TSI 58.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.9ft | 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. | 58 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~43 ft est.
Surface area
1,055 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 Dripping Springs Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
22 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
10.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
751 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
- Dripping Springs LakePublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Dripping Springs Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2017–2020). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Dripping Springs Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the SCS-Okfuskee Tributaries Site-S1 (completed 1972), built primarily for water supply on the Salt Creek; earth-type dam, 78 ft tall and 3,280 ft long.
- Surface area
- 1,055 ac
- Normal storage
- 17,008 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 30,300 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- OKMULGEE CO CONS DIST
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK11032 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Dripping Springs Lake
Where is Dripping Springs Lake?
- Dripping Springs Lake is a lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Dripping Springs Lake?
- Dripping Springs Lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 1055 acres.
Is Dripping Springs Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Dripping Springs Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Dripping Springs Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 43 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 1055 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Dripping Springs Lake?
- Dripping Springs Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Dripping Springs Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Dripping Springs Lake?
- Dripping Springs 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
40 measurements from 4 monitoring stations, 2016–2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX40 samples · 2016–2020
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
- Phosphorus by Two Reagent Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
- Determination of Turbidity
Monitoring station identifiers (4)
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