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WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR GENERAL PERMIT FOR POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES TO 

WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES IN OKLAHOMA (OKG87)

List of Tier 3 (Outstanding Resource Waters) and Tier 2 waters (High Quality Water and 

Sensitive Public and Private Water Supply).

(From Appendix A of Oklahoma Water Quality Standards, OWRB, July 2009)

TIER 3 AREAS

Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW) include the following: Flint Creek (all) in Adair County and the following 

tributary: Sager Creek; (2) Illinois River upstream from the confluence of the Barren Fork east to the Arkansas State 

Line, and the following tributaries: Tahlequah Creek and Ballard Creek; (3) Barren (Baron) Fork River from its 

confluence with the Illinois River, upstream to the Arkansas State Line, and the following tributaries: Tyner Creek, 

Dennison Hollow, Peacheater Creek, Scraper Hollow, England Hollow, Green Creek, Shell Branch, and Evansville 

Creek; (4) Lee Creek – upstream from the 420 feet above mean sea level (msl) elevation to the Arkansas State Line, 

and the following tributaries: Webbers Creek and Briar Creek (Bear Creek); (5) Little Lee Creek and the following 

tributary: Jenkins Creek; (4) Mountain Fork River upstream of the 600 feet above (msl) elevation to the Arkansas 

State Line, and the following tributaries: Boktuklo Creek, Blue Creek, Big Eagle Creek, Little Eagle Creek, 

Cucumber Creek, Beech (Beach) Creek, Cow Creek, and Panther Creek.

TIER 2 AREAS

High Quality Waters (HQW) include the following: (1) Water Quality Management Basin 1: Lower Illinois River 

from headwater of Robert S. Kerr Reservoir to Tenkiller Dam, Upper Illinois River from Tenkiller Dam upstream to 

Barren Fork confluence, Fourteen Mile Creek, Spring Creek, Snake Creek, Little Spring Creek, Brush Creek, Beaty 

Creek, Honey Creek, Cave Springs Branch, and Warren Branch; (2) Water Quality Management Basin 2: Lee Creek 

downstream from 420 feet msl to the Arkansas State Line, Black Fork upstream from Cedar Creek, Sallisaw Creek 

upstream from U.S. Route 64; (3) Water Quality Management Basin 3: Pennington Creek, Guy Sandy Creek, Honey 

Creek, Crater Creek, Panther Creek, and West Cache Creek upstream from Panther Creek; (4) Water Quality 

Management Basin 4: Little River from the Arkansas State Line to Pine Creek Dam, Mountain Fork River 

downstream from U.S. Highway 70 bridge to confluence with Little River, Mountain Fork River upstream from U.S. 

Highway 70 bridge to Broken Bow Dam, Lukfata Creek, Glover River, Cedar Creek above Glover River, Carter 

Creek, Pine Creek, West Fork of Glover River, Bluff Creek, East Fork of Glover River, Cypress Creek, Little River 

upstream from and including Pine Creek Reservoir, Pine Creek, Terrapin Creek, Houston Creek, Cloudy Creek, Jack 

Creek, Black Fork, Cedar Creek above Kiamichi River, and Blue River upstream from State Route 48A Bridge; (5) 

Water Quality Management Basin 7: North Canadian (Beaver) River upstream from Texas State Line to New 

Mexico State Line, and Cimarron River upstream from the Colorado State Line to the New Mexico State Line.

Sensitive Public and Private Water Supply (SWS) include the following waterbodies: (1) Water Quality 

Management Basin 1: Hominy Creek upstream from and including Skiatook Reservoir, Pecan Hollow Creek, 

Tributary of Birch Creek (Sec. 14, T24N, R9E, IM); (2) Water Quality Management Basin 2: Hoil-Tuska Creek 

including (New) Spiro Lake; (3) Water Quality Management Basin 3: Rock Creek including Arbuckle Reservoir, 

Lake Creek, Clinton Lake, Beaver Creek upstream from and including Waurika Reservoir, Walker Creek, Little 

Beaver Creek, Stage Stand Creek, Hell Creek, Glen Creek, and Hobart (Rocky Hobart) Lake; (4) Water Quality 

Management Basin 4: Upper Mountain Fork River from Broken Bow Dam including Broken Bow Reservoir to the 

600 foot elevation level; Egypt Creek, Otter Creek, Buffalo Creek (OK410210060020), Jackfork Creek including 

Sardis Reservoir, Buffalo Creek (OK410310030030), McGee Creek including McGee Creek Reservoir, and North 

Boggy Creek upstream from and including Atoka Reservoir; (5) Water Quality Management Basin 7: Wolf Creek, 

Fort Supply Reservoir, Sixteenmile Creek, Little Wolf Creek, Buzzard Creek, Twentyfive mile Creek, Willow 

Creek, and Rock Creek. Waters designated SWS listed in Appendix A of the OWQS (July 10, 2009) include all 
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waters of the State within the following watersheds: (1) Water Quality Management Basin 1: Greenleaf Creek 

including Greenleaf Lake and Watershed, Spavinaw Lake and watershed upstream of Spavinaw Lake dam, Eucha 

Lake and watershed; Lake Claremore and Watershed, Yahola Lake and Watershed, Hominy Municipal Lake and 

Watershed, Birch Reservoir and Watershed, Bluestem Lake and Watershed, Little Caney River including Copan 

Reservoir and Watershed, Spencer Creek including Chelsea Reservoir and Watershed, Sahoma Reservoir and 

Watershed, Heyburn Lake and Watershed, and Shell (Creek) Lake and Watershed; (2) Water Quality Management 

Basin 2: Wilburton City Lake (Lloyd Church Lake) and Watershed, Coon Creek Lake and Watershed, John Wells

Reservoir and Watershed, Brushy (Creek) Lake and Watershed, McAlester Lake and Watershed, and Brown Lake 

and Watershed; (3) Water Quality Management Basin 3: SCS Site #18 Lake (Rock Creek) including Watershed, 

Mountain Lake and Watershed, Fuqua Reservoir and Watershed, Duncan Lake and Watershed, Clear Creek Lake 

and Watershed, Humphreys Lake and Watershed, Pauls Valley Reservoir and Watershed, Fort Cobb Lake and 

Watershed including Crowder Lake and watershed, Lake Murray and Watershed, Temple Lake (Mooney) and 

Watershed, Walters Lake (Dave Boyer Lake) and Watershed, Elmer Thomas Lake and Watershed, Lawtonka Lake 

and Watershed, Ellsworth Lake and Watershed, and Tom Steed Reservoir (Mountain Park) and Watershed; (4) 

Water Quality Management Basin 4: Clayton Lake and Watershed, Carl Albert Lake and Watershed, Talihina Lake 

and Watershed, and Coalgate Reservoir and Watershed; (5) Water Quality Management Basin 5: Henryetta Lake 

and Watershed, Okmulgee Lake and Watershed, Okemah Lake and Watershed, Stroud Lake and Watershed, Meeker 

Lake and Watershed, Chandler Lake and Watershed, Arcadia Reservoir and Watershed, Weleetka Lake and 

Watershed, Wewoka Lake and Watershed, Tecumseh Lake and Watershed, Shawnee Twin Lakes and Watershed, 

Holdenville Reservoir and Watershed, Thunderbird Lake and Watershed; (6) Water Quality Management Basin 6: 

Cushing Lake and Watershed, Boomer Lake and Watershed, McMurtry Lake and Watershed, Carl Blackwell Lake 

and Watershed, Langston Lake and Watershed, Guthrie Lake and Watershed, Liberty Lake and Watershed, Pawnee 

Lake and Watershed, Perry Lake and Watershed, Fairfax Lake and Watershed, Phillips Lake (Shidler) and 

Watershed, and Ponca Lake and Watershed.

Areas with Waters of Recreational and/or Ecological Significance 

Table1 - National and State Parks, National Forests, Wildlife Areas, Wildlife Management 

Areas, and Wildlife Refuges.

(From Appendix B of Oklahoma Water Quality Standards, OWRB, July 2009).

 Protected area/water Water Quality Management 

 Segment

Adair State Park 121700 

Alabaster Caverns State Park 620920 

Altus-Lugert Wildlife Management Area 311510 

Arrowhead State Park 220600 

Atoka Wildlife Management Area 410400 

Beaver River Wildlife Management Area 720500 

Beaver State Park 720500 

Beavers Bend Resort State Park 410200 

Bernice State Park 121600 

Black Kettle National Grasslands 310840 

Black Kettle Wildlife Management Area 310840 

Black Mesa State Park/Preserve 720900 

Blue River Wildlife Management Area 310800 

Boggy Depot State Park 410400 

Boiling Springs State Park 720500 

Boswell State Park 410400 

Broken Bow Wildlife Management Area 410210 

Canton Wildlife Management Area 720500 

Cherokee State Parks I, II, III 121600 

Cherokee Landing State Park 121700 

Chickasaw National Recreation Area 310800 
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 Protected area/water Water Quality Management 

 Segment

Chickasaw Wildlife Management Area 310800 

Chouteau Wildlife Management Area 121500 

Clayton Lake State Park 410300 

Cookson Hills Wildlife Management Area 220200 

Cooper Wildlife Management Area 720500 

Copan Wildlife Management Area 121400 

Crowder Lake State Park 310830 

Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge 520700 

Deep Fork Wildlife Management Area 520700 

Dripping Springs State Park (Delaware) 121700 

Dripping Springs State Park (Okmulgee) 520700 

Ellis Co. Wildlife Management Area 520600

Eufaula Wildlife Management Area 520500 520700 220600 

Five Civilized Tribes State Park 121600 

Fobb Bottom Wildlife Management Area 311100 

Fort Cobb State Park 310830 

Fort Cobb Wildlife Management Area 310830 

Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area 121600 

Fort Supply Wildlife Management Area 720500 

Foss State Park 310830 

Fountainhead State Park 520700 

Gary Sherrer Wildlife Management Area 410310 

Great Plains State Park 621010 

Great Salt Plains State Park 621010 

Greenleaf State Park 120400 

Gruber/Cherokee Wildlife Management Area 120400 

Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area 311310 

Heavener Runestone State Park 220100 

Heyburn Wildlife Management Area 120400 

Hickory Creek Wildlife Management Area 311100 

Hochatown State Park 410200 

Honey Creek State Park 121600 

Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area 410210 

Hugo Wildlife Management Area 410300 

Hulah Wildlife Management Area 121400 

James M. Collins Wildlife Management Area 220600 

John Dahl Wildlife Management Area 621200 

Kaw Wildlife Management Area 621210 

Keystone State Park 620900 

Keystone Wildlife Management Area 620900 

621200 

Lake Eucha State Park 121600 

Lake Murray State Park 311100 

Lake Texoma Resort Park 310000 

Lake Wister State Park 220100 

Lexington Wildlife Management Area 520600 

Little River National Wildlife Refuge 410200 

Little River State Park 520810 

Love Valley Wildlife Management Area 311100 

McClellan-Kerr Wildlife Management Area 120400 

McCurtain Co. Wilderness Area 410210 

McGee Creek State Park 410400 

McGee Creek Wildlife Management Area 410400 
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 Protected area/water Water Quality Management Segment 

Mountain Park Wildlife Management Area 311500 

Okmulgee State Park 520700 

Okmulgee Wildlife Management Area 520700 

Oologah Wildlife Management Area 121510

Optima National Wildlife Refuge 720510 

Optima Wildlife Management Area 720510 

Osage Hills State Park 121400 

Osage-Western Wall Rock Creek Wildlife 

Management Area 

121400 

Ouachita Wildlife Management Area 220100 

Ozark Plateau Wildlife Management Area 220200 

Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge 220200 

Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area 520620 

Pine Creek Wildlife Management Area 410201 

Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area 410300 

Quartz Mountain State Resort Park 311510 

Raymond Gary State Park 410300 

Red Rock Canyon State Park 310830 

Redbud Valley Conservancy Area 121300 

Rita Blanca National Grasslands 720510 

Robbers Cave State Park 220100 

Robbers Cave Wildlife Management Area 220100 

Robert S. Kerr State Wildlife Management Area 220200 

Roman Nose State Park 620910 

Sallisaw State Park 220200 

Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area 311800 

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge 220200 

Sequoyah State Park/Western Hills Resort Park 121600 

Sheppard Point Recreational Area 120400 

Skiatook Wildlife Management Area 121300 

Snowdale State Park 121600 

Spavinaw State Park 121600 

Spavinaw Hills Wildlife Management Area 121600 

Spiro Mound State Park 220200 

Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge 520520 

Stringtown Wildlife Management Area 410400 

Sutton Wilderness Area 520810 

Talimena State Park 410310 

Tenkiller State Park 121700 

Tenkiller Wildlife Management Area 121700 

Texoma/Washita Arm Wildlife Management Area 310800 

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge 310800 

Tishomingo Wildlife Management Area 310800 

Turkey Creek Recreational Area 410210 

Twin Bridges State Park 121600 

Wahshashe State Park 121400 

Walnut Creek State Park 621200 

Washita National Wildlife Refuge 310840 

Waurika Wildlife Management Area 311210

Webbers Falls Wildlife Management Area 120400 

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge 311310 

311500 

Yourman Wildlife Management Area 220600