Fort Cobb Reservoir is a reservoir located in Caddo County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It impounds the waters of Cobb (Pond) Creek and Lake Creek. The lake covers approximately 4,000 acres (16 km²) of water and 45 mi (72 km) of shoreline. It was constructed in 1958. The towns of Carnegie, Fort Cobb, and Eakly are located nearby.
Fort Cobb Dam is on Cobb Creek about 5 miles (8 km) north of Fort Cobb, and roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) above the confluence of Cobb Creek with the Washita River. The dam is a zoned earthfill structure containing 3,569,185 cubic yards (2,729,000 m³) of embankment. The crest width is 30 feet (9 m), and the crest length is 9,900 feet (3 km). The structural height of the dam is 122 feet (37 m).
Fort Cobb Reservoir has a total capacity of 143,740 acre feet (177,300,000 m3) and covers an area of 5,956 acres (24.1 km²) at top of flood pool level. The uncontrolled morning-glory spillway in the left abutment consists of a concrete intake structure, concrete conduit, and concrete chute and stilling basin.
The Fort Cobb Reservoir is part of the Washita Basin Project of the Bureau of Reclamation, which also includes Foss Reservoir on the Washita River in Custer County, along with numerous small flood-control structures on creeks and streams.
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