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Aerial shot of Lake Travis. Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States.It is named in honor of William B. Travis. [1]Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. [2]
Cedar Creek Lake is a fourth water source for Tarrant Regional Water District's water supply. Its normal system capacity is 322.00 ft (98.15 m) above sea level. When the lake gets over that point, gates from the spillway are opened, releasing water; 2005 and 2006 were dry years, sending the lake to a record low on December 12, 2006.
Lake levels at locations across Austin and Central Texas are in various stages of flow, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Dashboard. Most water sources around Austin appear ...
Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Highland Lakes created by the LCRA, and is used for flood control, electrical power generation, and ...
As of July 2024, the last time the lake was considered to be at full capacity was on July 7, 2019. [10] Since then, the lake levels have begun to decline once again. As of July 2023, Medina Lake was the lowest it’s been since 2015, only being filled to about 5% capacity, compared to 12% capacity in 2022.
11,954 acres (4,838 ha) (at conservation level) Max. depth: 76.5 ft (23.3 m) Water volume: 366,236 acre⋅ft (451.745 hm 3) (at conservation level) Shore length 1: 129 mi (208 km) Surface elevation: 836 ft (255 m) at conservation pool level: Islands: Rattlesnake Island, Stripling Island, Steele Island, Horse Island: Settlements: Runaway Bay ...
Spillway level: 503.5 feet (153.5 m) Shoreline length: 121 miles (195 km) Wildlife management area: 6,500 acres; Date impounded: September 14, 1953; Owned by: United States government (North Texas Municipal Water District, the local cooperative agency, has rights to 100,000 acre-feet (120,000,000 m 3) of water in the conservation pool of the lake)
Lake Kickapoo reservoir was created by the impoundment of North Fork Little Wichita River, its only in-flow tributary, in 1946. [2] The out-flow tributaries are Kickapoo Creek, Brier Creek, and Slippery Creek. It has a mean water level of 1,038 feet, surface area of 4,312 acres, and elevation of 1,060 feet above sea level as of 2022. [2]