Lake Wayne Wallace
Latimer County, Oklahoma94 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Wayne Wallace. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 26 ft max depth
- Limited data
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Lake Wayne Wallace in Latimer County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 94 acres.
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Lake Wayne Wallace is a 94-acre lake in Latimer County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 26 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2017-08-08. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Wayne Wallace is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO), pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Wayne Wallace 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 Wayne Wallace
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Lake Wayne Wallace, 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 3.3 ft of visibility. TSI 60.
| Metric | Value | EPA condition class |
|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity (Secchi Depth) | 3.3 ft | Measured, not scored |
| Phosphorus | No recent samples | |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No recent samples | |
| Trophic State Index (TSI) | 60 | Eutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
Lake Details
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Maximum Depth | ~26 ft est. |
| Average Depth | ~21 ft est. |
| Surface Area | 94 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 Wayne Wallace.
Lake Size & Watershed
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 Wayne Wallace is a man-made reservoir impounded by the SCS-Fourche Maline Creek Site-05 (completed 1964), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Fourche Maline Creek; earth-type dam, 93 ft tall and 1,995 ft long.
- Surface area
- 94 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,516 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 5,289 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 11.8 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- LATIMER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK02174 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.47 km)
EPA Impairment Status
Lake Wayne Wallace is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit OK220100040150_00 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Wayne Wallace
Where is Lake Wayne Wallace?
- Lake Wayne Wallace is a lake in Latimer 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 Wayne Wallace?
- Lake Wayne Wallace in Latimer County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 94 acres.
Is Lake Wayne Wallace safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Wayne Wallace is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO), pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Wayne Wallace?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Wayne Wallace, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 26 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 94 acres.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2016–2017. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX8 samples · 2016–2017
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
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)