
Updated August 2026
The State of Oklahoma's Lakes 2026
Of 152 lakes in Oklahoma, 0% sit in EPA's favourable condition classes for nutrients and algae and 91.7% in its poorer ones. Lake Texoma is the cleanest; 87 lakes (57.2%) are on an official impaired-waters list.
Data Report
152
Monitored lakes sampled
D
Average readings
0%
low nutrient and algae readings
57.2%
On impaired list
Oklahoma nutrient and algae readings
Cleanest lakes in Oklahoma
Cleanest combined nutrient and algae readings, 2026.
- 1.Lake Texoma — Grayson County4.2 ft clarity · 36 µg/L P · 13 µg/L chl-a
- 2.Grand Lake — Delaware County1.6 ft clarity · 720 µg/L P
- 3.Wes Watkins Reservoir — Pottawatomie County1.8 ft clarity · 32 µg/L P · 18 µg/L chl-a
- 4.Lake Nahni Waiya Tuskahomma — Pushmataha County250 µg/L P
- 5.Lake Sardis Clayton — Pushmataha County260 µg/L P
- 6.Lake Hugo Hugo — Choctaw County430 µg/L P
Highest measured algae
Highest measured chlorophyll-a (algae) concentration.
- 1.Lake Texoma — Johnston County233 µg/L chlorophyll-a
- 2.Lake Thunderbird — Cleveland County29 µg/L chlorophyll-a
- 3.Thunderbird Lake Nature Center — Pottawatomie County29 µg/L chlorophyll-a
- 4.Coon Creek Lake — Kay County24 µg/L chlorophyll-a
- 5.Lake Texoma — Marshall County23 µg/L chlorophyll-a
- 6.Thunderbird Lake Fisherman'S — Cleveland County21 µg/L chlorophyll-a
Trending lakes
Improving
- 1.Grand Lake — Delaware County
- 2.Lake Konawa — Seminole County
- 3.Eucha Lake — Delaware County
- 4.Sportsman Lake — Seminole County
- 5.Wewoka Lake — Seminole County
- 6.Sandy Beach Lake — Osage County
- 7.Osage Cove Lake — Osage County
- 8.Thunderbird Lake Hog Creek — Cleveland County
Declining
- 1.Greenleaf Lake — Muskogee County
- 2.Spavinaw Lake — Mayes County
- 3.Lake Sardis Clayton — Pushmataha County
- 4.Fairfax Lake — Osage County
- 5.Oologah Lake — Rogers County
- 6.Sardis Lake — Pushmataha County
- 7.Foss Reservoir — Custer County
- 8.Langston Lake — Logan County
Impaired waters in Oklahoma
87 lakes appear on the EPA/state 303(d) impaired-waters list (81 formally listed, 20 with a cleanup plan/TMDL).
Mercury · 49Turbidity · 48Algal growth · 34Oxygen depletion (low DO) · 24pH / acidity · 11Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen) · 5Metals (other than mercury) · 5Pathogens (E. coli, fecal) · 3
Explore Oklahoma lakes
Readings combine total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity from the EPA Water Quality Portal and state agencies. See the full methodology, the national State of America’s Lakes report, or all Oklahoma lakes.
Cite this report: LakeQuality, “The State of Oklahoma's Lakes 2026”.