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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Texas Legislature in 2007 deemed it a “site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir,” given the ample surface water provided by the Sulfur River basin and the comparatively low ...
Pages in category "Dams in Texas" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Canyon Dam (Texas) Choke Canyon Reservoir; D. De Cordova Bend Dam ...
Olmos Dam is a detention dam located on the San Antonio River in San Antonio, Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was built in the 1920s, following the disastrous September 1921 San Antonio floods . [ 3 ] Work began on the dam on January 19, 1925, [ 4 ] and it was completed in 1926; [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] in 1929 a cut-off channel , to allow excess water to ...
Of the reservoir's 5,535,000-acre-foot (6.827 km 3) capacity, 61% is dedicated to water conservation and sediment control, 32% to flood control, and 7% to surcharge (flood storage above the top of the spillway gates, but below the crest of the dam). At the top of the flood control pool, the reservoir is 84,000 acres (34,000 ha) and at the top ...
Completed in 1943 primarily as a flood control project, it was at the time the "largest rolled-earth fill dam in the world". [5] Only five times has the lake reached the dam's spillway at a height of 640 feet (200 m) above sea level: 1957, 1990, 2007, and twice in 2015. It takes its name from Denison, Texas, just downriver from the dam face.
The Addicks Reservoir and Addicks Dam in conjunction with the Barker Reservoir prevent downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou in the city of Houston, Texas. Both reservoirs were authorized under the Rivers and Harbors Act of June 20, 1938, which was modified by the Flood Control Acts of 1938 , 1954 , and 1965 .
Twin Buttes Reservoir is an artificial lake located about 6 mi (9.7 km) southwest of the city of San Angelo, Texas, and immediately upstream from Lake Nasworthy. Construction on Twin Buttes Dam to form the reservoir was completed in 1963. The dam is an unusual one – it dams the Middle and South Concho Rivers separately; a stabilization ...