USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07241600 SHAWNEE RESERVOIR AT SHAWNEE, OK (Shawnee Lake No 1 at Shawnee, OK)
LOCATION - Lat 35°20'50", long 97°03'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.14, T.10 N., R.2 E., Pottawatomie County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11100302, in intake tower near right end of dam, 1/2 mile upstream from South Deer Creek, and 8.0 miles west of Shawnee.
DRAINAGE AREA - 32.7 mi². from automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR 2012: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October, 2005 to current year, (gage heights only). Prior to February 2017, Published as Shawnee Lake No 1 at Shawnee, OK. Gage originally established in 1957 for planning studies of long-range water supply for the City of Shawnee and operated intermittently during the 1960's and 1970's.
GAGE -
Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is NAVD of 1988, Prior to 05/02/2013 datum of gage was NAVD 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation, 1,078.10 ft , May 24, 2015 , minimum elevation observed, 1,059.07 ft, April 10-11, 2007.