The OWRB’s bathymetric mapping program utilizes GIS and related technology to provide accurate determinations of the current storage capacities in the state’s reservoirs. Geographic Positioning System (GPS) and acoustic depth sounding instruments are incorporated into hydrographic survey vessels. Contour maps are then derived from the collected data points and digital lake bottom surface models.

Obtaining accurate storage volumes for lakes is an integral tool for water resources management. The valuable information that a bathymetric survey produces can be used by State and Federal Agencies for determining TMDLs, dam breach analysis, and watershed monitoring and management; municipalities to help determine the amount of water a lake can yield in the driest of times (reliable yield); fisheries managers to help determine fish stocking quotas, provide an estimate of lake volume for chemical rehabilitation projects and vegetation control, and calculate potential yield of fish; and anglers to find sunken points, drop-offs, mud flats, and other features.

Lake	Year	KMZ	Data	Metadata	Report
Arbuckle	2016
Arcadia	2007
Ardmore City	2013
Atoka	2021
Bluestem	2011
Boomer	2015
Brushy Creek	2018
Carl Albert	2010
Cedar	2022
Chandler	2011
Chickasha	2011
Claremore	2010
Clear Creek	2019
Cleveland City	2020
Clinton	2017
Coalgate	2009
Crowder	2017
Dave Boyer (Walters)	2021
Duncan	2019
Durant	2011
Ellsworth	2005
Elmer Thomas	2016
Eucha	1999
Fairfax City	2017
Fort Gibson	2012
Frederick	2000
Grand	2009
Greenleaf	2018
Guthrie	2010
Healdton	2010
Hefner	1998
Heyburn	2004
Holdenville	2020
Hominy Municipal	2016
Hudson (Bartlesville)	2011
Hudson (Markham Ferry)	2008
Hugo	2002
Hulah	2012
Jean Neustadt	2009
Jim Hall (Henryetta)	2011
John Wells	2016
Langston	2017
Lawtonka	2006
Liberty	2010
Lloyd Church	2009
Lone Chimney	2014
Lugert-Altus	2011
McGee Creek	2000
Meeker	2009
Mountain	2013
Murray	2001
New Spiro	2010
Okemah	2006
Okmulgee	2015
Overholser	2000
Pawhuska	2011
Pawnee	2010
Perry	2009
Ponca	2010
Sahoma	2011
Sardis	2002
Scott King	2009
Shawnee Twin 1	2011
Shawnee Twin 2	2011
Shell	2018
Spavinaw	2022
Stanley Draper	1999
Stigler	2022
Stilwell City	2019
Thunderbird	2001
W.R. Holway	2009
Waurika	2010
Waxhoma	2011
Wayne Wallace	2019
Wewoka	2019
Wister	2012