Texas Almanac, 1939-1940 Page: 142
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142 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.-1939.
Principal Texas Reservoirs and Reservoir Sites.-(Continued.)
Area Storage
of Lake Capacity
Watershed, Name and Date, Stream and County-- Purpose (acres). (acre-feet).
SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN:
tSan Jacinto Project; on San Jacinto River, Harris ............. Ind.-Irr. St 320,000
TRINITY RIVER BASIN:
Lake Bridgeport (1931); on West Fork Trinity River, Wise.... M.-F.-Irr. 13,000 290,000
Lake Eagle Mountain (1931); on West F'k Trinity, Wise-Tarrant.M.-F.-.rr. 9,600 216,000
Lake Worth (1914); on West Fork Trinity, Tarrant ................. M. 3,720 27,000
Lake Dallas (1927); on Elm Creek, Denton . ............... M. 11,000 214,000
Lake White Rock (1910); on White Rock Creek, Dallas ............. M. 1,279 16,000
Lake Mountain Creek (1931); on Mountain Creek, Dallas............ Ind. 3,800 40,000
Lake Corslcana (1925); on Elm Creek, Navarro ... .............. M. 760 7,600
tClear Fork Project; on Clear Fork Trinity River, Tarrant ....... M.-F. 10,000 380,000
tGrand Prairie Project; on West Fork Trinity River, Tarrant..... General 8,800 124,000
tGrapevine Project; on Denton Creek, Tarrant-Denton .......... General 8,650 310,000
tTrinldad Project; on Trinity River, Navarro-Henderson......... General 59,500 1,215,000
tMile 316-8 Project; on Trinity River, Freestone-Anderson........ General $$ 110,000
tReynard Project; on Trinity River, Houston-Leon ................General 104,200 2,000,000
tRiverside Project; on Trinity River, Walker-Trinity ............. General 95,000 1,925,000
tMile 172-8 Project; on Trinity River, San Jacinto-Trinity ......... General $t 160,000
tMile 141-6 Project; on Trimty River, San Jacinto-Polk ...........General tt 120,000
BRAZOS RIVER BASIN:
Lake Waco (1930); on Bosque River, McLennan .......................M. 1,850 30,000
Lake Sweetwater (1928); on Bitter Creek, Nolan...................... M. 405 10,000
Lake Abilene (1914); on Elm Creek, Taylor........................ M. t 20,000
Lake Kirby (1928); on Cedar Creek, Taylor ........................ M. 700 8,500
Lake Lytle Creek (1930); on Lytle Creek, Taylor ..................... Ind. t 6,500
Lake Cisco (1923); on Sandy Creek, Eastland -..................... M.-Irr. 1,000 45,000
Lake Beisford (1928); on Leon River, Eastland ......................Ind. 200 4,900
Lake Graham (1928); on Flint Creek, Young ........................ M. 290 4,500
Lake Mineral Wells (1921); Rock Creek, Parker...................... M. 1,000 7,300
Lake Trammel; on Sweetwater Creek, Nolan ................. . M 241 1,700
Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir (1938); on Elm Creek, Taylor and Jones . M. 4225 73,960
Strawn Reservoir (1938); in Palo Pinto .. . .. ................... M. 80 1,200
*Possum Kingdom Dam; on Brazos Palo Pinto-Young-Stephens..Irr.-F.-M. 21,300 757,000
tBreckenridge Project; on Clear Fork, Throckmorton............Irr.-F.-M. 12,900 460,000
tSeymour Project; on Salt Fork, Stonewall-Haskell .............Irr.-F.-M. 12,000 300,000
tLittle Keechie Project; on Brazos River, Palo Pinto ............Irr.-F.-M. 2,100 30,000
inspiration Point Project; on Brazos River, Palo Pinto ..........Irr.-F.-M. 10,800 300,000
tCordova Bend Project; on Brazos River, Hood-Parker ........... Irr.-F.-M. 7,300 127,000
tBee Mountain Project: on Brazos, Bosque-Johnson-Somervell-Hood Irr.-F. 7,000 230,000
tWhitney Project; on Brazos River, Hill-Bosque .............. Irr.-F. 5,000 100,000
tLeon-Belton Project; on Leon River, Bell-Coryell .............Irr.-P.-F.-M. 10,300 340,000
tLittle River Project; on Little River, Bell ..............Irr.-P.-F.-M. 5,750 80,000
tLampasas River Project; on Little River, Bell...............Irr.-P.-F.M. 5,000 160,000
tGeorgetown Project; on N. and S. San Gabriel, Williamson...Irr.-P.-F.-M. 5,600 220,000
tNavasota Project; on Navasota River, Madison, Brazos-Leon Robert-
son -N..........-...................Irr.-P.-F.-M. 18,000 318,000
COLORADO RIVER BASIN:
Buchanan Dam; on Colorado River, Burnet-Llano...............F.-P.-Irr. 23,240 1,000,000
Roy Inks Reservoir (1938); Colorado, Burnet-Llano..............F.-P.-Irr. 800 16,000
JLake Austin (1893-1915); on Colorado River, Travis............. P.-M. $t 1,500
Lake Nasworthy (1930); on Concho River, Tom Green..........M.-Ind.-Irr. 2,000 10,500
Lake Brownwood (1931); on Pecan Bayou, Brown ..............M.-Irr.-F. 4,500 125,000
Lake Scarborough (1927); on Indian Creek, Coleman ................ M. 277 5,400
*Marshall Ford Reservoir; Colorado, Travis ................... F.-P. 11,000 600,000
tBronte Project; on Colorado River, Coke-Runnels ................ Irr.-M. 46.080 750,000
tProject 2-C; on Colorado River, Lampasas-San Saba...........F.-P.-Irr.. 26,500 769,000
tProject 4-C; on Colorado River, Burnet-Llano ..................F.-P.-Irr. 1,850 28,750
tProject 5-C; on Colorado River, Burnet .......................F.-P.-Irr. 1,200 23,640
tProject 7-C; on Colorado River, Travis ......................F.-P.-Irr. 4,800 196,000
**Nasworthy Project; on Concho River, Tom Green ................ Irr. 10,000 200,000
tSan Saba Project; on San Saba River, San Saba ..................Irr.-F. 1,725 57,000
tSouth Llano Project; on South Llano, Kimble .................. Irr.-F. 2,500 100,000
tMcKinney Falls Project; on Onion Creek, Travis ..................Irr.-F. 2,875 46,870
GUADALUPE RIVER BASIN:
Lake Dunlap (1927); on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe ................ P.-F. 406 4,000
Lake Abbott (1928); on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe............... P.-F. 396 5,000
Lake Nolte (1927); on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe................ P.-F. 154 1,500
Project TP-4 (1932); on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe ............... P.-F. 170 1,750
Project H,4 (1931); on Guadalupe River, Gonzales ................. P.-F. 696 7,500
Project H-5 (1931); on Guadalupe River, Gonzales................. P.-F. 488 $
tProject 1-B on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe ................. P.-F. ft 12,500
tProject 2-B; on Guadalupe River, Guadalupe-Gonzales............ P.-F. St 8,000
tProject 3-B; on Guadalupe River, Gonzales .................... P.-F. $$ 1,550
tPlum Creek Project; on Plum Creek, Caldwell ....................Irr.-F. 5,700 100,000
tBlanco Project; on Blanco River, Hays ........................... Irr. tt t$
SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN:
Medina Lake (1912); on Medna River, Medina-Bandera .............. Irr. 5,580 254,000
Diversion Lake (1912); on IMedina River, Medina ........... Irr. $t 4,500
tFalls City Project: on San Antonio River, Karnes-Wilson...... .Irr,-F.-P. 5.000 30,000
NUECES RIVER BASIN:
ttLake Corpus Christi (1930-34); on Nueces, Live Oak-S. Patricio. M.-Ind. 6,000 64,000
tGarner (Shut-In) Project; on Frio River, Uvalde.................... Irr. 12,900 200,000
tBrand Rock Project; on Frlo River, Uvalde .........................Irr. 8,400 90,000
tLeona Project; on Frio River, Frio .......................... Irr. 4,570 66,000
tHondo Project; on Frio River, Frio .. ........................Irr. 7,000 123,000
tPearsall-Dilley Project; on Frio River. Frlo-La Salle ........ ......Irr. 13,113 383,000
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