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The Reservoir is upstream of the Big Thicket National Preserve. The reservoir's capacity is 3,997,600 acre-feet (4.9310 × 10 9 m 3), and is the largest lake wholly within the state of Texas. It is the ninth largest reservoir in the United States. Sam Rayburn Reservoir is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth district.
Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center at East Texas A&M University, built in 1963. New Sam Rayburn Student Center replaced the old center, built in 2009. Sam Rayburn Intermediate School in Bryan, Texas. Sam Rayburn Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. Sam Rayburn Freeway is a portion of U.S. Highway 75 that runs through Sherman, Texas.
The Angelina River (containing Sam Rayburn Reservoir) is a major tributary with its confluence at the north of Lake B. A. Steinhagen. Tributaries to the south include Village Creek and Pine Island Bayou , draining much of the Big Thicket region, both joining the Neches a few miles north of Beaumont .
The lake is the third-largest lake located in the state of Texas (only the Sam Rayburn Reservoir and Toledo Bend Reservoir are larger). The Livingston Dam, constructed across the Trinity River about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of the city of Livingston is 2.5 miles (4 km) in length and has an average depth of 55 feet (17 m).
The Sam Rayburn Reservoir was named for him in 1964 as well as the Rayburn House Office Building in 1965, which houses offices for members of Congress. His home in Bonham is now a museum and still ...
Sam Rayburn joined the dream team in the early 1930s and was instrumental in the legislative process of making the great lake a reality. The Flood Control Act of 1938 (Public Law No. 761, 75th Congress, 3rd Session) authorized funding for the Denison dam, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set up the Denison District Office in June of that year.
The Sam Rayburn Reservoir was named for him in 1964 as well as the Rayburn House Office Building in 1965, which houses offices for members of Congress. His home in Bonham is now a museum and still ...
The community, which is also known as Rayburn Country, is located on the south shore of the Sam Rayburn Reservoir at the junction of Texas Recreational Road 255 and Farm to Market Road 1007. [4] Sam Rayburn was founded in the 1970s after the formation of the reservoir; its main attraction is its country club, Rayburn Country.