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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.
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Somersville (also, Sommerville and Summerville) [1] is an unincorporated ghost town in eastern Contra Costa County, California, United States. [2] It is located 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of Mount Diablo , [ 3 ] at an elevation of 741 feet (226 m).
Texas State Highway 36 bypasses the center of the city to the northeast, leading northwest 16 miles (26 km) to Milano and southeast 32 miles (51 km) to Brenham. According to the United States Census Bureau , Caldwell has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.2 km 2 ), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km 2 ), or 0.66%, is water.
SR 158 from 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of June Lake to the northern junction with U.S. Highway 395 is closed during winters, typically from mid-December through mid-April. [ 2 ] SR 158 is not part of the National Highway System , [ 3 ] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the ...
In 2003, author Mark Arax published a book titled The King of California which is about how J.G. Boswell turned the lakebed into farms and revolutionized the farming industry. [56] In 2015, a documentary titled Tulare, the Phantom Lake: Drought was released and in 2022, a second part to the same documentary was released. They were both directed ...