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Lake Brownwood is a reservoir on Jim Ned Creek and Pecan Bayou in Brown County, Texas, United States. The reservoir is used for flood control, the municipal water supply, and recreation, and is controlled by the Brown County Water Improvement District. The reservoir is 6,814 acres at an elevation of 1,424.6 feet and is considered eutrophic. [2]
Lake Brownwood State Park is a state park located on the shore of Lake Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, United States, and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The 537.5 acre park was acquired by deed from the Brown County Water Improvement District No. 1 in 1933. [ 2 ]
The CDP is 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Brownwood, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.5 km 2 ), of which 5.7 square miles (14.7 km 2 ) are land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), or 15.77%, are covered by water.
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Members of the Local Environmental Action Demanded (LEAD) Agency, an area advocacy group, worry that raising the water level will make flooding worse at the lake's upstream rivers.
Lake Brownwood is 7 miles (11 km) north of the city. The lake is a 7,300-acre (30 km 2) reservoir created by damming the Pecan Bayou. There are a wide variety of fish in the lake: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, white bass, striped bass, white crappie, yellow and flathead catfish, sunfish , and alligator gar. Camping, waterskiing, jet skiing ...
Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam water levels are now receding. Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue."
Lake Alan Henry The following is a list of reservoirs and lakes in the U.S. state of Texas . Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.