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A large section of dry lake-bed, located near the lake's northwesternmost section during Summer 2011 drought conditions. A public boat launch located near the city of Chandler. High water levels are seen here (March 2015). The reservoir was formed by the construction of the 5720-foot-long Blackburn Crossing Dam on the Neches River. [2]
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.
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).
Summer 2023 was among the driest on record causing drought conditions to spread — threatening crops and forcing burn bans in 215 Texas counties.
The 1950s Texas drought was a period between 1949 and 1957 in which the state received 30 to 50% less rain than normal, while temperatures rose above average. During this time, Texans experienced the second-, third-, and eighth-driest single years ever in the state – 1956, 1954, and 1951, respectively. [1]
As the heat and drought in North Texas persist, when will Fort Worth have to worry about its water supply? Tarrant Regional Water District say not to panic.
After a long summer of extreme heat, Texas has been battered by a lingering drought that’s damaging crops, drying up water supplies and causing wildfires. Texas drought has deepened amid this ...
An episode of Vice portrayed the city as a ghost town in a documentary feature called "Deliver Us from Drought", despite 22,000 residents still living in the city at the time of filming. [22] The documentary featured numerous locations, many of which had been closed or abandoned for years prior, as examples of recent rural flight following a ...