Okatibbee Lake Camping
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Overview
A brief introduction to Okatibbee Lake
Okatibbee Lake is an 11,000-acre multi-purpose project. The Corps of Engineers maintains one full service campground; four day use parks with three designated swimming areas and four boat ramps. Also, Okatibbee Lake offers excellent hunting opportunities. Presently there are 6,900 acres of land and flooded woodlands leased to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for hunting and wildlife viewing.
Okatibbee Dam is a dam in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 72 feet (22 m) and a length of 6,620 feet (2,020 m) at its crest. It impounds Okatibbee Creek for flood control and municipal drinking water. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers.
The reservoir it creates, Okatibbee Lake, has a water surface of 5.9 square miles (15 km2), about 28 miles (45 km) miles of shoreline, a maximum capacity of 59,481 acre-feet (73,369,000 m3), and a normal storage capacity of 46,538 acre-feet (57,404,000 m3). Recreation includes boating, fishing, camping, hunting, and enjoying the five parks maintained by the Corps, one full service campground and four day-use parks. Directly north of the lake is the state's Okatibbee State Wildlife Area.
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