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Lake Tyler (West) is a man-made public water reservoir located south-east of Tyler, Texas, in eastern Smith County. While named after the town of Tyler (pop. 104,789), Lake Tyler is closer to the smaller cities of Whitehouse (pop. 7660) and Arp (pop. 970). Lake Tyler resides in the northern Neches River watershed, [ 2] and was formed after the ...
The Steele Bayou Drainage Structure was closed from 15 February 2019 to 1 April 2019, and water levels on the protected side peaked at 97.2 feet (29.6 meters). Water levels fell to 95.4 feet (29.1 meters) before a new rise on Mississippi River forced closure of the Steele Bayou Drainage Structure from 11 to 23 May 2019.
The water levels in Kaw, Keystone, and Oologah lakes began to exceed their flood control limits after the May 22–23 rainfall. Kaw Lake's depth reached 112.16% of its flood pool capacity on May 24, causing the associated surcharge pool to completely fill; similar circumstances were present at Keystone and Ooologah lakes, prompting releases of ...
The combination of Lake Tyler West and Lake Tyler East has a mean water level of 372.27 feet above sea level (approximately 81% full), surface area of 4,131 acres, and an elevation of 375.38 feet above sea level as of 2022. The storage capacity, as of November 13, 2022, is 63,592 acre-feet with a maximum capacity of 72,073 acre-feet.
575 ft (175 m) Lake Dunlap is a reservoir on the Guadalupe River near the town of New Braunfels in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The reservoir was formed in 1931 by the construction of a dam to provide hydroelectric power to the area. Management of the dam and lake was assumed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on May 1, 1963.
Oroville Dam. / 39.53889°N 121.48556°W / 39.53889; -121.48556. Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply ...
Lake Eyre in 1990, as seen from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 2009 Lake Eyre flood peaked at 1.5 m (5 ft) deep in late May, which is a quarter of its maximum recorded depth of 6 m (20 ft). 9 km 3 (2 cu mi) of water crossed the Queensland–South Australian border with most of it coming from massive floods in the Georgina River.
July 21, 2022 at 12:42 PM. Lake Mead is vanishing, and NASA has a front row seat. It’s the largest reservoir in the U.S. and a crucial source of water and hydroelectric power. More than 40 ...