List of dams and reservoirs in Texas facts for kids
Dams are like giant walls built across rivers. They help us store water, control floods, and even make electricity! In Texas, dams and the lakes they create (called reservoirs) are super important. They provide drinking water for cities, water for farms, and fun places for fishing and boating.
A "major dam" is usually very tall, about 50 feet (15 meters) high, and can hold a lot of water – at least 5,000 acre-feet (that's like 1.6 billion gallons!). Some dams are considered major even if they aren't as tall, as long as they can hold an enormous amount of water, like 25,000 acre-feet (over 8 billion gallons!).
Important Dams and Lakes in Texas
Texas has many important dams and reservoirs. They are managed by different groups, like the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Lower Colorado River Authority, and other water districts. Each dam plays a key role in managing water resources for the state.
Here is a list of some of the major dams and reservoirs in Texas:
- Addicks Dam, Addicks Reservoir, managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- Amistad Dam, Amistad Reservoir, managed by the International Boundary and Water Commission
- Aquilla Dam, Aquilla Lake, USACE
- Barker Dam, Barker Reservoir, USACE
- Benbrook Dam, Benbrook Lake, USACE
- Buchanan Dam, Lake Buchanan, managed by the Lower Colorado River Authority
- Canyon Dam, Canyon Lake, USACE
- Choke Canyon Dam, Choke Canyon Reservoir, managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation
- De Cordova Bend Dam, Lake Granbury, managed by the Brazos River Authority
- Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, USACE
- Falcon Dam, Falcon International Reservoir, International Boundary and Water Commission
- Grapevine Lake Dam, Grapevine Lake, USACE
- Ferrells Bridge Dam, Lake O' the Pines, USACE
- Inks Dam, Inks Lake, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Jim Chapman Dam, Jim Chapman Lake, USACE
- John T. Montford Dam, Lake Alan Henry, managed by the City of Lubbock
- Lake Conroe Dam, Lake Conroe, managed by the City of Houston and the San Jacinto River Authority
- Lake Fork Dam, Lake Fork Reservoir, managed by the Sabine River Authority of Texas
- Lake J.B. Thomas Dam, Lake J.B. Thomas, managed by the Colorado River Municipal Water District
- Lavon Dam, Lake Lavon, USACE
- Livingston Dam, Lake Livingston, managed by the Trinity River Authority
- Lewisville Lake Dam, Lewisville Lake, USACE
- Longhorn Dam, Lady Bird Lake, managed by the City of Austin, Texas
- Lost Creek Dam, Lake Jacksboro, managed by the City of Jacksboro,_Texas
- Mansfield Dam, Lake Travis, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Medina Dam, Medina Lake, managed by the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Water District
- Morris Sheppard Dam, Possum Kingdom Lake, Brazos River Authority
- Palmetto Bend Dam, Lake Texana, managed by the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
- Lake Pflugerville, an offstream storage lake, managed by the City of Pflugerville
- Olmos Dam
- Plunk Lake, Texas
- Joe Pool Dam, Joe Pool Lake, USACE
- Sam Rayburn Dam, Sam Rayburn Reservoir, USACE
- Red Bluff Dam, Red Bluff Reservoir, managed by the Red Bluff Water Control District
- Robert Lee Dam, E.V. Spence Reservoir, Colorado River Municipal Water District
- Rio Vista Dam, an unnamed reservoir, managed by the City of San Marcos, Texas
- Sterling C. Robertson Dam, Lake Limestone, Brazos River Authority
- S.W. Freese Dam, O.H. Ivie Reservoir, Colorado River Municipal Water District
- Saffold Dam, an unnamed reservoir, managed by the City of Seguin
- Sanford Dam, Lake Meredith, USBR
- Somerville Dam, Somerville Lake, USACE
- Stamford Dam, Lake Stamford, managed by the City of Stamford
- Max Starcke Dam, Lake Marble Falls, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Tawakoni Dam, Lake Tawakoni, Sabine River Authority of Texas
- Toledo Bend Dam, Toledo Bend Reservoir, Sabine River Authority of Texas (shared with Louisiana)
- Tom Miller Dam, Lake Austin, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Town Bluff Dam, Steinhagen Reservoir, USACE
- Twin Buttes Dam, Twin Buttes Reservoir, USBR
- Lake Waco Dam, Lake Waco, USACE
- Whitney Dam, Lake Whitney, USACE
- White Rock Dam, White Rock Lake, managed by the City of Dallas
- Wirtz Dam, Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, Lower Colorado River Authority
- Wright Patman Dam, Wright Patman Lake, USACE
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