Lake Raymond Gary
Choctaw County, Oklahoma263 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Raymond Gary. Here is what has been measured.
- 49 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Raymond Gary in Choctaw County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 263 acres.
Lake Raymond Gary is a 263-acre lake in Choctaw County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 49 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2019-08-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Raymond Gary 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 Lake Raymond Gary
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Lake Raymond Gary, 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 70.
| 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. | 70 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~49 ft est.
Surface area
263 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Oklahoma has not published bathymetry for Lake Raymond Gary.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
57 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
7.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
430 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.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Raymond Gary is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Raymond Gary Lake (completed 1956), built primarily for recreation on the Gates Creek; earth-type dam, 30 ft tall and 900 ft long.
- Surface area
- 263 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,681 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,960 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 65 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- DEPT OF WILDLIFE
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK01510 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Raymond Gary
Where is Lake Raymond Gary?
- Lake Raymond Gary is a lake in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Raymond Gary?
- Lake Raymond Gary in Choctaw County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 263 acres.
Is Lake Raymond Gary safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Raymond Gary?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Raymond Gary, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 49 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 263 acres.
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Where this data comes from
11 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2018–2019. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX11 samples · 2018–2019
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
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)