Introduction

Shawnee Reservoir (locally known as Shawnee Twin Lakes) is a man-made reservoir on South Deer Creek with a drainage area of 32.7 square miles 

(U.S. Geological Survey, 2016a) in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (fig. 1). The reservoir consists of two lakes connected by an equilibrium channel. 

The southern lake (Shawnee City Lake Number 1) was impounded in 1935, and the northern lake (Shawnee City Lake Number 2) was impounded in 

1960. Shawnee Reservoir serves as a municipal water supply, and water is transferred about 9 miles by gravity to a water treatment plant in Shawnee, 

Oklahoma. Secondary uses of the reservoir are for recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and flood control. Shawnee Reservoir has a normal-pool elevation 

of 1,069.0 feet (ft) above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) (Steve Nelms, City of Shawnee, written commun., 2016). The auxiliary 

spillway, which defines the flood-pool elevation, is at an elevation of 1,075.0 ft.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the City of Shawnee, has operated a real-time stage (water-surface elevation) gage (USGS 

station 07241600) at Shawnee Reservoir since 2006 (U.S. Geological Survey, 2016a). For the period of record ending in 2016, this gage recorded a 

maximum stage of 1,078.1 ft on May 24, 2015, and a minimum stage of 1,059.1 ft on April 10–11, 2007 (U.S. Geological Survey, 2016a). This gage did 

not report reservoir storage prior to this report (2016) because a sufficiently detailed and thoroughly documented bathymetric (reservoir-bottom elevation) 

survey and corresponding stage-storage relation had not been published. A 2011 bathymetric survey with contours delineated at 5-foot intervals was 

published in Oklahoma Water Resources Board (2016), but that publication did not include a stage-storage relation table. The USGS, in cooperation with 

the City of Shawnee, performed a bathymetric survey of Shawnee Reservoir in 2016 and released the bathymetric-survey data in 2017 (Smith and others, 

2017). The purposes of the bathymetric survey were to (1) develop a detailed bathymetric map of the reservoir and (2) determine the relations between 

stage and reservoir storage capacity and between stage and reservoir surface area. The bathymetric map may serve as a baseline to which temporal 

changes in storage capacity, due to sedimentation and other factors, can be compared. The stage-storage relation may be used in the reporting of real-time 

Shawnee Reservoir storage capacity at USGS station 07241600 to support water-resource management decisions by the City of Shawnee.

Methods

Raw bathymetric-survey data (water-depth and position measurements) were collected by using methods described by Wilson and Richards (2006) 

and Mueller and others (2013). These data were collected for the area where land-surface elevations are generally below 1,072 ft and on selected fairweather days during the study period of June 21–September 7, 2016. The commercial hydrographic software HYPACK (HYPACK, Inc., 2016) was used 

to create transect lines to be followed during the survey. Bathymetric-survey data were collected along primary transects aligned parallel to the dam and 

separated by 100 ft, which is approximately 1 percent of the longitudinal length of each of the lakes. Control transects were aligned at 45 degrees from 

the primary transects and separated by 500 ft. Additional transects were added as needed to increase data resolution in areas with important lake-bottom 

features (such as submerged roads) or steep lake-bottom slopes (such as the upstream face of the dam). 

Most water-depth measurements were made from a flat-bottom boat by using an Odom Hydrographic Systems Echotrac CV100 single-beam echo 

sounder with a dual frequency 200-kilohertz transducer (Odom Hydrographic Systems, Inc., 2008). Supplemental water-depth measurements were collected 

by using a kayak-towed Teledyne RD Instruments RiverRay acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP; Teledyne RD Instruments, 2016) in Shawnee City 

Lake Number 2 west of Walker Road (NS 331, fig. 1) because that area (see area enclosed by 1,072 contour in fig. 1) was inaccessible by the flat-bottom 

boat. Smaller isolated areas on both lakes could not be surveyed by ADCP because they were too remote or too shallow to be accessible by kayak. The 

area surveyed by ADCP was about 1.6 percent of the total area surveyed by flat-bottom boat and kayak. 

Water-depth measurements were converted to NAVD 88 bathymetric-survey elevation data during post-processing. Water-depth measurements were 

subtracted from a daily mean water-surface elevation at USGS station 07241600 located on the intake tower of Shawnee City Lake Number 1. The daily 

mean water-surface elevation, which was assumed to be constant for all areas of Shawnee Reservoir, was calculated from beginning-of-day and end-ofday manual staff-plate measurements. These measurements never differed by more than 0.03 ft on any day, though the measurements ranged from about 

1,074.3 to 1,075.4 ft during the study period. The station datum (NAVD 88) was established by using static global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) 

techniques (Rydlund and Densmore, 2012) over two control points, reference mark 1 (RM1) and reference mark 3 (RM3) (fig. 1). RM1 is a chiseled 

square on the eastern wing wall of the auxiliary spillway, 15 ft north of the centerline of Belcher Road; RM3 is a stainless-steel concrete anchor bolt with 

a stainless-steel washer stamped “USGS Survey Marker” on the western wing wall of the auxiliary spillway, 15 ft south of the centerline of Belcher Road 

(fig. 1). Each control point had a minimum 4-hour static GNSS occupation which was processed by using the National Geodetic Survey Online Positioning 

User Service (OPUS; National Geodetic Survey, 2016), resulting in time-weighted average elevations of 1,085.82 ft (RM1) and 1,085.62 ft (RM3). The 

estimated uncertainty of these static observations was 0.03 ft on the basis of a differential level survey between the independent points. Differential levels 

were also run from RM1 to the staff plate located on the intake tower and the USGS standard wire-weight gage mounted to the handrail of the intake 

tower to ensure that both were reading correctly in gage datum (NAVD 88).

During the bathymetric survey, position was measured by using a differentially corrected Global Positioning System (DGPS) mounted directly above 

the single-beam echo sounder and ADCP. The positional accuracy of the DGPS data collected at 2 hertz was 1.97 ft 95 percent of the time (Hemisphere 

GNNS, Inc., 2013). The hydrographic software utilized the time provided by the DGPS to synchronize data from the echo sounder or ADCP and eliminate 

system latency.

Bathymetric-survey data were compiled in a geographic information system (GIS) by using Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1 software and processed by using 

methods described by Wilson and Richards (2006). Breaklines were generated to reinforce linear features such as submerged stream channels and roads. 

Contours generated from lidar-derived land-surface elevation data (U.S. Geological Survey, 2016c) were used to extend the bathymetric survey to cover 

areas inundated only during floods. Bathymetric-survey data, breaklines, and lidar-derived land-surface contours were combined and modeled as a triangulated irregular network (TIN) by using the “Create TIN” tool (Esri, Inc., 2016a). The TIN was converted to a 4-ft-resolution digital elevation model 

(DEM) by using the “TIN To Raster” tool (Esri, Inc., 2016b). Bathymetric contours at 1-ft intervals (fig. 1) were derived from the DEM by using the 

“Contour” tool (Esri, Inc., 2016c) and smoothed for cartographic representation at a 1:10,000 scale by using the “Smooth Line” tool (Esri, Inc., 2016d). 

The bathymetric contours with values between 1,072 and 1,080 ft were generated primarily from lidar-derived land-surface elevation data (U.S. Geological 

Survey, 2016c), and contours with values less than 1,072 ft were generated primarily from bathymetric-survey data. A stage-storage and stage-area data 

table (table 1) was derived from the DEM for 1-ft stage increments by using the “Surface Volume” tool (Esri, Inc., 2016e). The stage-storage and stagearea relations are graphically represented in figure 2A and figure 2B, respectively, by using data from table 1.

Quality Assurance

Accuracy of the bathymetric surface and derived contours is a function of the survey data accuracy, survey data density (transect interval and datacollection frequency), and the processing steps that occur during creation of the bathymetric surface and contours (Wilson and Richards, 2006). Survey 

data accuracy is also dependent on factors such as vessel draft, platform stability, vessel velocity, and subsurface material density (Wilson and Richards, 

2006). According to the manufacturer’s specifications, the survey-grade echo sounder used in this study had a resolution of better than 0.1 ft for depths 

less than 600 ft and an accuracy of ±0.1 percent (Odom Hydrographic, 2008). A hand-held sound velocimeter (Odom Hydrographic Systems, Inc., 2001) 

was used to measure the speed of sound through the water column, and bar checks were performed daily to calibrate the single-beam echo sounder (U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, 2013) to two known depths (at about 5 ft and about 30 ft) in the water column. These depths were chosen to span the expected 

range of most water-depth measurements. Vessel speed was kept at less than 5 ft per second to ensure adequate point spacing (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2013).

For locations where primary-transect bathymetric-survey elevation data were coincident with (that is, within 1 ft of) control-transect bathymetricsurvey elevation data, the data were compared to evaluate the internal precision of bathymetric-survey elevation data. The internal precision (calculated 

at the 95-percent confidence level; Wilson and Richards, 2006) was 0.46 ft. About 100 percent of primary bathymetric-survey elevation data were within 

1 ft of coincident control bathymetric-survey elevation data, and about 96 percent of primary bathymetric-survey elevation data were within 0.5 ft of 

coincident control bathymetric-survey elevation data. Bathymetric-survey elevation data from both primary and control transects were compared to lidarderived land-surface elevation data (U.S. Geological Survey, 2016c) in areas where the two datasets overlapped, generally at elevations 1,068–1,073 ft, 

to evaluate the accuracy of bathymetric-survey elevation data. About 91 percent of bathymetric-survey elevation data points were within 1 ft of coincident lidar-derived land-surface elevation data points, and about 73 percent of bathymetric-survey elevation data points were within 0.5 ft of coincident 

lidar-derived land-surface elevation data points. As compared to the lidar-derived land-surface elevation data, the bathymetric-survey elevation data had 

a vertical root-mean-square error (RMSE; Wilson and Richards, 2006) of 0.59 ft and a vertical accuracy (calculated at the 95-percent confidence level; 

Wilson and Richards, 2006) of 1.16 ft; however, the lidar point-cloud data were not available, and this accuracy assessment compared bathymetric-survey 

elevation data points to topographic-survey elevation values summarized over about a 10-ft square area (the cell size of the lidar surface) and placed at the 

center of each cell of the lidar surface.

Results

The minimum bathymetric-survey elevation of Shawnee City Lake Number 1 was 1,026.4 ft, which corresponds to a normal-pool maximum depth of 

42.6 ft. The minimum bathymetric-survey elevation of Shawnee City Lake Number 2 was 1,037.7 ft, which corresponds to a normal-pool maximum depth 

of 31.3 ft. Because of the spacing of the survey transects (100 ft), lake-bottom features with a maximum dimension less than 100 ft generally could not be 

resolved by this bathymetric survey. Some submerged stream channels, however, were clearly visible in the bathymetric-survey area. Several submerged 

roads were also identified, including continuations of Patterson Road (NS 332) and Lake Road (EW 116) in Shawnee City Lake Number 1 and McCloud 

Road (NS 332) and Pecan Grove Road (Lake Drive) in Shawnee City Lake Number 2 (fig. 1). Additionally, a small berm was identified about 0.3 miles 

west of the intake tower in Shawnee City Lake Number 2, and a large berm was identified extending southwest from the intake tower of Shawnee City 

Lake Number 1 (fig. 1).

According to the 2016 bathymetric survey, the storage capacity of Shawnee Reservoir was 22,096 acre-feet (acre-ft) at the normal-pool stage of 

1,069.0 ft and 33,220 acre-ft at the flood-pool stage of 1,075.0 ft (table 1). The storage capacity of Shawnee City Lake Number 1 in 2016 was 15,234 acre-ft 

at the normal-pool stage of 1,069.0 ft and 22,336 acre-ft at the flood-pool stage of 1,075.0 ft (table 1). The storage capacity of Shawnee City Lake 

Number 2 in 2016 was 6,863 acre-ft at the normal-pool stage of 1,069.0 ft and 10,884 acre-ft at the flood-pool stage of 1,075.0 ft (table 1). 

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Shawnee, performed a detailed bathymetric survey of Shawnee Reservoir (locally 

known as Shawnee Twin Lakes) in Oklahoma during June 21–September 7, 2016. The purposes of the bathymetric survey were to (1) develop a detailed 

bathymetric map of the reservoir and (2) determine the relations between stage and reservoir storage capacity and between stage and reservoir surface 

area. The bathymetric map may serve as a baseline to which temporal changes in storage capacity can be compared. The stage-storage relation may be 

used in the reporting of real-time Shawnee Reservoir storage capacity at U.S. Geological Survey station 07241600 to support water-resource management 

decisions by the City of Shawnee. According to the 2016 bathymetric survey, the storage capacity of Shawnee Reservoir was 22,096 acre-feet at the 

normal-pool stage of 1,069.0 feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 33,220 acre-feet at the flood-pool stage of 1,075.0 feet above North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Table 1. Storage capacity and surface area at selected stages, Shawnee Reservoir, Oklahoma, 2016.

[NAVD 88, North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Values are rounded to the nearest acre-foot or acre. Columns may not sum to total 

because of rounding]

Stage

(water-surface 

elevation; 

feet above 

NAVD 88)

Shawnee City Lake Number 1 Shawnee City Lake Number 2 Shawnee Reservoir (total)

Storage 

capacity 

(acre-feet)

Surface area 

(acres)

Storage 

capacity 

(acre-feet)

Surface area 

(acres)

Storage 

capacity 

(acre-feet)

Surface area

(acres)

1

1,027.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1,028.0 1 2 0 0 1 2

1,029.0 3 4 0 0 3 4

1,030.0 9 7 0 0 9 7

1,031.0 18 10 0 0 18 10

1,032.0 30 14 0 0 30 14

1,033.0 46 18 0 0 46 18

1,034.0 65 21 0 0 65 21

1,035.0 91 31 0 0 91 31

1,036.0 129 46 0 0 129 46

1,037.0 183 62 0 0 183 62

1,038.0 253 80 0 2 253 81

1,039.0 344 102 8 14 352 116

1,040.0 456 123 26 25 483 147

1,041.0 591 145 56 35 647 180

1,042.0 746 166 96 46 843 212

1,043.0 926 195 147 55 1,073 250

1,044.0 1,133 218 208 69 1,341 287

1,045.0 1,362 240 282 79 1,645 320

1,046.0 1,614 262 367 90 1,981 352

1,047.0 1,888 285 462 101 2,350 386

1,048.0 2,183 308 569 114 2,753 422

1,049.0 2,504 333 690 128 3,195 461

1,050.0 2,850 360 824 140 3,675 501

1,051.0 3,224 387 971 154 4,196 541

1,052.0 3,624 410 1,133 170 4,757 580

1,053.0 4,044 431 1,310 184 5,354 616

1,054.0 4,490 464 1,501 198 5,992 661

1,055.0 4,971 497 1,707 213 6,678 710

1,056.0 5,484 529 1,929 231 7,412 760

1,057.0 6,029 560 2,169 249 8,198 809

1,058.0 6,602 587 2,427 268 9,030 855 2

1,059.0 7,203 614 2,706 289 9,909 904

1,060.0 7,832 644 3,007 314 10,839 958

1,061.0 8,492 676 3,332 336 11,824 1,012

1,062.0 9,186 711 3,678 357 12,864 1,068

1,063.0 9,915 749 4,046 380 13,961 1,128

1,064.0 10,684 790 4,438 403 15,122 1,193

1,065.0 11,495 833 4,854 431 16,349 1,264

1,066.0 12,352 883 5,304 468 17,656 1,352

1,067.0 13,262 936 5,791 505 19,052 1,440

1,068.0 14,224 987 6,311 536 20,535 1,523 3

1,069.0 15,234 1,032 6,863 568 22,096 1,600

1,070.0 16,289 1,077 7,446 599 23,735 1,676

1,071.0 17,390 1,126 8,059 628 25,449 1,754

1,072.0 18,542 1,191 8,704 671 27,246 1,862

1,073.0 19,758 1,243 9,396 712 29,154 1,955

1,074.0 21,021 1,293 10,123 745 31,144 2,038 4

1,075.0 22,336 1,347 10,884 789 33,220 2,136

1,076.0 23,707 1,401 11,692 838 35,399 2,238

1,077.0 25,136 1,466 12,552 889 37,687 2,356 5

1,078.0 26,632 1,536 13,463 941 40,095 2,477

1,079.0 28,200 1,606 14,427 995 42,627 2,601

1,080.0 29,836 1,657 15,445 1,033 45,280 2,690

1

Shawnee Reservoir minimum bottom elevation was 1,026.4 feet above NAVD 88. 2

Approximate minimum stage of record (1,059.1 feet above NAVD 88, April 10–11, 2007).

3

Normal-pool elevation.

4

Auxiliary-spillway and flood-pool elevation.

5

Approximate maximum stage of record (1,078.1 feet above NAVD 88, May 24, 2015).

laf17-0799_fig 02

Shawnee Reservoir (total)

Shawnee City Lake Number 1

Shawnee City Lake Number 2

EXPLANATION

Shawnee Reservoir (total)

Shawnee City Lake Number 1

Shawnee City Lake Number 2

EXPLANATION

Storage capacity, in acre-feet

Surface area, in acres

Stage (water-surface elevation), in feet above NAVD 88 Stage (water-surface elevation), in feet above NAVD 88

1,080

1,075

1,070

1,065

1,060

1,055

1,050

1,045

1,040

1,035

1,030

1,080

1,075

1,070

1,065

1,060

1,055

1,050

1,045

1,040

1,035

1,030 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

A

B

Bathymetry and Capacity of Shawnee Reservoir, Oklahoma, 2016 By 

Chad E. Ashworth, S. Jerrod Smith, and Kevin A. Smith

2017

Figure 2. Graphs showing A, stage-storage relation and B, stage-area relation for 

Shawnee Reservoir, Oklahoma, 2016.

Figure 1. Bathymetric map of Shawnee Reservoir, Oklahoma, 2016.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Steve Nelms and John Krywicki of the City of Shawnee for assistance with project planning and also for providing 

data for past storage capacity studies. 

The authors also thank U.S. Geological Survey colleagues for their contributions to this bathymetric survey. Molly Shivers and Shelby Hunter 

helped with data collection and surveying. James Hanlon was instrumental in custom fabrication and boat preparation in regards to instrument 

deployment. Rick Huizinga and Jason Lewis provided thorough and helpful reviews of the draft report and bathymetric survey data.

Conversion Factors

U.S. customary units to International System of Units

Multiply By To obtain

Length

foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m)

mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)

Area

acre 4,047 square meter (m2)

acre 0.4047 hectare (ha)

acre 0.4047 square hectometer (hm2) 

acre 0.004047 square kilometer (km2)

square mile (mi2) 259.0 hectare (ha)

square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer (km2) 

Volume

acre-foot (acre-ft) 1,233 cubic meter (m3)

acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.001233 cubic hectometer (hm3) 

Datum

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Abbreviations

ADCP acoustic Doppler current profiler

DEM digital elevation model

DGPS differentially corrected Global Positioning System

GIS geographic information system

GNSS global navigation satellite system

OPUS National Geodetic Survey Online Positioning User Service

RMSE root-mean-square error

TIN triangulated irregular network

USGS U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3374

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Shawnee City Lake

Number 2

Shawnee City Lake

Number 1

South Deer

Creek

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SLEEPY HOLLOW

GUNNAR LN

PINKSTON RD

MCCLOUD RD

DEER TRL

BODKIN RD

WESTLAKE RD

TERRY LN

PERRY RD

LAKE DR

MAGNINO RD

SE 119TH

E W 116

BELCHER RD

E W 117

LAKE RD

MAY ADDITION RD

IONA ST

PECAN GROVE RD

N S 334

NO 2 DAM RD

COLSON'S LN

ECKEL RD

NS 332

EW 115 INDEPENDENCE ST HOMER LANE RD

FISHMARKET RD NS 330

CEDAR LN

MAGNOLIA HILLS LN

WALKER RD N S 331

EW 116

INGRAM RD

BROWN RD

BURLISON RD

HORNBECK RD

HART RD

NICKENS RD

POST OFFICE NECK RD

POST OFFICE LN

ARCHERY RANGE RD

E AMBER RIDGE

W LAKE ESTATE

CLEAR POND RD

S FISHMARKET RD

POST OAK RD

PATTERSON RD N S 332

COWTRAIL RD

BUSH CREEK DR

BUSHCREEK DR

HARDESTY RD

STEVENS RD N S 333

JANICE LN

DONNA LN

CAROL LN

TONYA RD

ROSE LN

WAUNDA DR

BUCK RD

CLEAR POND LN

ANGIE LN

VERA LN

E W 118

102

102

102

AM ST

LAKEWOOD CIR

HICKORY PARK RD

OAKRIDGE LN

Becomes a spillway at a 

lake elevation of 1,080 feet 

above NAVD 88

Area enclosed by the 

1,072-foot contour west of 

Walker Road surveyed by 

using acoustic Doppler 

current profiler

Intake tower

Auxiliary

spillway

Glenn 

Collins 

Memorial 

Park

Minimum elevation of 

bottom of Shawnee 

City Lake Number 1 

(1,026.4 feet above 

NAVD 88)

Intake tower and 

USGS station 

07241600

Isaac 

Walton 

Park

Minimum elevation of 

bottom of Shawnee City 

Lake Number 2 (1,037.7 feet 

above NAVD 88)

Reference 

mark 3 

(RM3)

Reference 

mark 1 (RM1)

Boat

ramp

Boat

ramp

POTTAWATOMIE

CLEVELAND

OKLAHOMA

Map area

Shawnee

Shawnee City Lake

Number 2

Shawnee City Lake

Number 1

EXPLANATION

Point of interest

Bathymetric survey elevation—Land-surface elevation, year 2016, 

in feet above North American Vertical Datum on 1988 (NAVD 88)

5-foot index contour

1,026.4

1,080.0

1-foot contour

Extent of bathymetric survey (1,080.0 feet above NAVD 88)

Normal-pool elevation (1,069.0 feet above NAVD 88)

Flood-pool elevation (1,075.0 feet above NAVD 88)

City of Shawnee incorporated area

1,050

97°7'30" 97°7' 97°6'30" 97°6' 97°5'30" 97°5' 97°4'30" 97°4' 97°3'30"

35°

22'

35°

21'

30"

35°

21'

35°

20'

30"

35°

20'

35°

19'

30"

35°

19'

35°

18'

30"

Streams, lakes, and drainage basin modified from National Hydrography Dataset (U.S. Geological Survey, 2016b). Lake and 

stream names from U.S. Board on Geographic Names (2016). City of Shawnee incorporated area and roads from U.S. Census 

Bureau (2016). Coordinate Reference System: Oklahoma State Plane South Projection, North American Datum of 1983.

SCALE 1:10,000

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 FEET

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 KILOMETERS

Small

berm

Large

berm

Equilibrium

channel

OKLAHOMA

POTTAWATOMIE

COUNTY

Note: Lake Map area outline on index 

map shows 

normalpool elevation.

Small

berm

Printed on recycled paper

Prepared in cooperation with the 

City of Shawnee

ISBN 7-978-4113-4111-1

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