Tulsa District Water Quality Program

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, conducts routine operational water quality monitoring on select lakes annually. This usually includes three lakes selected and sampled annually based on a historical rotation schedule. The Tulsa District operates 38 projects with 31 of the projects part of the water quality monitoring rotation. This rotation allows for each project participating in the operational water quality monitoring program to be sampled at least once every 10 years. The purposes of the investigations are to collect sufficient water quality data to define existing limnological conditions, provide a basis for future water quality investigations, and support operational and environmental missions of the Tulsa District. Parameters are sampled monthly for six months during the months of April through September. Samples are gathered at predetermined historical site locations throughout each lake. Sampling locations are strategic to each project but usually includes riverine locations on the upper reaches of each project and its tributaries, transitional zones, open water locations throughout the lake, and below the dam as water leaves the reservoir. Field measured parameters at each site includes vertical profiles of water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, and Secchi depth. Water samples for laboratory analysis are also collected and usually include parameters such as alkalinity, ammonia, nitrogen, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, total organic carbon, total and ortho phosphorous, chloride, sulfate, hardness, metals, chlorophyll a, total and dissolved silicon, and biologicals such as zooplankton and phytoplankton. Summary reports are drafted each year for individual lakes sampled the previous year and will be updated annually.  With any field activity variations of the water quality monitoring program can occur from year to year and even month to month. Flooding or severe weather conditions could alter or delete sampling periods for certain locations during flood years. Resource restraints such as equipment breakdowns, personnel, laboratory, and budget limitations can also have impacts on the program. For these reasons water quality data will often vary from lakes and years sampled. If further water quality data or information is desired, please contact the Tulsa District, Operations Division, Natural Resources Management Branch at 918-669-7370 or at CESWT-OD-NR@usace.army.mil.

Biologist Take Water Samples At District Lakes

Tulsa District Water Quality Program

Water Quality Data

    Water Quality Data

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    Expand List item 32518Collapse List item 32518  Arcadia Lake
    Expand List item 32519Collapse List item 32519  Big Hill Lake
    Expand List item 32520Collapse List item 32520  Birch Lake
    Expand List item 32521Collapse List item 32521  Broken Bow Lake
    Expand List item 32522Collapse List item 32522  Canton Lake
    Expand List item 32523Collapse List item 32523  Copan Lake
    Expand List item 32524Collapse List item 32524  Council Grove Lake
    Expand List item 32525Collapse List item 32525  El Dorado Lake
    Expand List item 32526Collapse List item 32526  Elk City Lake
    Expand List item 32527Collapse List item 32527  Eufaula Lake
    Expand List item 32528Collapse List item 32528  Fall River Lake
    Expand List item 32529Collapse List item 32529  Fort Gibson Lake
    Expand List item 32530Collapse List item 32530  Fort Supply Lake
    Expand List item 32531Collapse List item 32531  Great Salt Plains Lake
    Expand List item 32532Collapse List item 32532  Heyburn Lake
    Expand List item 32533Collapse List item 32533  Hugo Lake
    Expand List item 32534Collapse List item 32534  Hulah Lake
    Expand List item 32535Collapse List item 32535  John Redmond Lake
    Expand List item 32536Collapse List item 32536  Kaw Lake
    Expand List item 32537Collapse List item 32537  Keystone Lake
    Expand List item 32538Collapse List item 32538  Marion Lake
    Expand List item 32539Collapse List item 32539  Oologah Lake
    Expand List item 32540Collapse List item 32540  Pat Mayse Lake
    Expand List item 32541Collapse List item 32541  Pine Creek Lake
    Expand List item 32542Collapse List item 32542  Sardis Lake
    Expand List item 32543Collapse List item 32543  Skiatook Lake
    Expand List item 32544Collapse List item 32544  Tenkiller Lake
    Expand List item 32545Collapse List item 32545  Texoma Lake
    Expand List item 32546Collapse List item 32546  Toronto
    Expand List item 32547Collapse List item 32547  Waurika Lake
    Expand List item 32548Collapse List item 32548  Wister Lake