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  2. Jim Chapman Lake - Wikipedia

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    Jim Chapman Lake (also known as Cooper Lake) is a 19,305-acre (78.12 km 2) impoundment operated by the Army Corps of Engineers and is located 75 miles (121 km) east of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in the state of Texas. [1] The reservoir was created by the 1991 Jim Chapman Dam and impounds the South Sulphur River, a fork of the Sulphur River ...

  3. List of lakes of Texas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Jim Chapman Dam - Wikipedia

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    It impounds the south fork of the Sulphur River for municipal water supply and recreation. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. The reservoir it creates, Jim Chapman Lake, has a 19,305-acre (7,812 ha) water surface and a maximum capacity of 797,000 acre-feet (983,000,000 m 3). The lake is known as a preferred location for ...

  5. List of dams and reservoirs in Texas - Wikipedia

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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).

  6. Cooper Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is situated on Jim Chapman Lake, formerly known as Cooper Lake. There are actually two geographically separate units; the Doctors Creek unit is located on the north side of the lake, in Delta County, while the South Sulphur unit is located on the south side of the lake, in Hopkins County. [2]

  7. Commerce, Texas - Wikipedia

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    East Texas A&M was founded in 1889 at its original location in Cooper, Texas, but moved to Commerce after burning down in 1894. The university is ranked #1 in the state of Texas for teaching education and 13th in the nation, [citation needed] in addition to having a highly ranked graduate school. The university also remains as the fifth longest ...

  8. Estuaries of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Texas coastline has changed significantly over the past million years as a result of sea level fluctuations, caused mainly by the passing of glacial periods. The current chain of barrier islands and peninsulas formed between 8,000 and 5,000 years ago as the Gulf of Mexico stabilized around its current level after the end of the Last Glacial ...

  9. Chapman, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Chapman is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , [ citation needed ] the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area .