[2] The lake is about 9 miles (14 km) west of Chickasha, and is owned and operated by that city.

[3] A 2011 survey showed that the lake has a surface area of 2,068.6 acres (8.371 km2) a capacity of 41,080 acre-feet (50,670,000 m3) of water when filled to an elevation of 1,192 feet (363 m).

[5] Spring Creek then continues at the south end of the lake,[5] traveling south-southeast to its mouth on the Washita River.

[10] It flows generally south[11] for 12 miles through Caddo County[12] until impounded at Lake Chickasha.

[5] Despite the name, the water in Stinking Creek was found in 2012 to have improved enough to meet state dissolved oxygen criteria for support of warm-water aquatic communities, after implementation of best management practices in the watershed.