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Somerville Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on Yegua Creek [1] in the Brazos River basin, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Brenham, Texas, United States. The town of Somerville in Burleson County is adjacent to the reservoir. The lake extends into portions of Burleson County, Washington County, and Lee County. The dam lies in ...
The United States Army Corps of Engineers started the construction of Lake Somerville in June 1962. Impoundment of water commenced in January 1967. The lake has an 85 mi (137 km) shoreline and occupies an area of 11,630 acres (4,710 ha). Its main purposes are flood control, municipal water supply and recreation.
Somerville is located near the southern border of Burleson County and is bordered to the west by Somerville Lake, a reservoir on Yegua Creek, part of the Brazos River basin. Texas State Highway 36 passes through the city, leading northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Caldwell, the county seat, and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to Brenham.
It is the primary tributary to form Somerville Lake. The Yegua flows east and becomes part of the Burleson County line for about 31 miles and then joins the Brazos River in southeastern Washington County. The Yegua below the Somerville Dam is a slow-moving, gentle river but is nevertheless used for some mild recreational canoeing and kayaking.
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Bus. SH 36 south – Brenham: Interchange; no southbound entrance FM 390 – Gay Hill, Burton, Independence: Quarry: FM 1948 south – Somerville Dam and Reservoir: Burleson: Somerville: FM 1361 east: Lyons: FM 60 east – Snook, College Station: South end of FM 60 overlap: FM 60 west – Lake Somerville Birch Creek Unit: North end of FM 60 overlap
The western trails, which are more prairie terrain, cover an area stretching from Brenham and College Station in the south to Wichita Falls and Denison in the north. The eastern trails, which are more woodland terrain, cover an area stretching from Huntsville and Hemphill in the south to Paris and Texarkana in the north.
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