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Fort Supply Lake

Woodward County, Oklahoma1,820 acresView mapDirections

Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Fort Supply Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
0.6 ft
Secchi · sampled 2021
Max depth
~62 ft est.
GLOBathy model
Area
1,820 acres
Surface area
Trend
Improving
3 years of samples
  • Impaired · Algal growth
  • 62 ft max depth
  • Public access
  • Limited data

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Fort Supply Lake in Woodward County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 1820 acres.

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Fort Supply Lake is a 1,820-acre lake in Woodward County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 62 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 6 public boat landings.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2021-09-07. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Fort Supply Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Boat launch6 documented ramps
  • Big water1,820 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Fort Supply Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Fort Supply 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.

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Water quality measurements for Fort Supply Lake

These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Fort Supply 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 0.6 ft of visibility. TSI 84.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)0.6 ftMeasured, not scored
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)84Hypereutrophic

Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~62 ft est.
Average Depth~62 ft est.
Surface Area1,820 acres
Public AccessYes

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Oklahoma has not published bathymetry for Fort Supply Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1,921 sq mi
Shoreline
8.6 mi
Elevation
2,028 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

6
Boat Landings
Yes
Public Access
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic
  • Lake Fort SupplyPublic

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

Fishing Fort Supply Lake

Based on 3 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Improving+1.895 m/yr3

Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Fort Supply Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Fort Supply Dam (completed 1942), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Wolf Creek; earth-type dam, 82 ft tall and 12,625 ft long.

Surface area
1,820 ac
Normal storage
13,900 ac-ft
Max storage
100,700 ac-ft
Drainage area
1,735 sq mi
Hazard class
High
Owner
USACE - Tulsa District

All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation.

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK10318 · Operator website

EPA Impairment Status

Fort Supply Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Algal growthTurbidity

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit OK720500030020_00 · Official waterbody report

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Frequently asked questions about Fort Supply Lake

Where is Fort Supply Lake?

Fort Supply Lake is a lake in Woodward County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Fort Supply Lake?

Fort Supply Lake in Woodward County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 1820 acres.

Is Fort Supply Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Fort Supply Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, turbidity. Check local advisories before you swim.

How deep is Fort Supply Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Fort Supply Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 62 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 Fort Supply Lake?

Fort Supply Lake has 6 documented boat landings in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Lake Fort Supply, Lake Fort Supply, Lake Fort Supply, Lake Fort Supply, among others. Public access is listed as yes.

Where this data comes from

34 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2016–2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • OWRB Lakes MonitoringOKWRB-LAKES_WQX34 samples · 2016–2021

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

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory