Kaw Lake is a reservoir completed in 1976 in the northern reaches of the state of Oklahoma, near Kaw City.
Kaw Dam is 9,466 feet (2,885 m) long and 121 feet (37 m) above the stream bed. the dam lies 654 miles (1,053 km) above the mouth of the Arkansas River. The top of the flood control pool is 1,044.5 feet (318.4 m), while the normal operating level is 1,010 feet.
