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List of Reservoirs with Sedimentation Rates at Conservation Pool Elevation Calculated Using Elevational Sedimentation Rate Method List of reservoirs with sedimentation rates at conservation pool elevation calculated using elevational sedimentation rate method Latest volume at Capacity Survey 2 Sediment rate Reservoir Name Survey 1 conservation loss rate (latest) (acre-feet/year) pool (acre-feet) (%/year) Aquilla Lake 1995 2014 43278.7 206.6 0.44 Arlington, Lake 1957 2007 40216.4 108.2 0.24 Arrowhead, Lake 2001 2013 230358.9 666.5 0.28 Athens, Lake 1962 1998 29426.3 95.4 0.29 Bardwell Lake 1965 1999 46836.5 248.6 0.45 Belton Lake 1994 2015 432630.1 658.1 0.15 Benbrook Lake 1952 1998 86252.8 30.5 0.03 Bob Sandlin, Lake 1998 2008 202312.3 408.2 0.20 Bonham, Lake 1969 2004 11414.1 16.9 0.14 Brownwood, Lake 1997 2013 128820.2 224.0 0.17 Buchanan, Lake 1950 2006 875588.0 2012.4 0.20 Cedar Creek Reservoir 1995 2017 631400.1 494.5 0.08 Choke Canyon Reservoir 1983 2012 662821.0 1098.2 0.16 Coleman, Lake 1966 2006 37976.3 50.2 0.13 Conroe, Lake 1973 2010 412199.5 518.0 0.12 Corpus Christi, Lake 2002 2016 256339.5 442.0 0.17 Crook, Lake 1956 2003 9406.5 11.8 0.12 Cypress Springs, Lake 1970 2007 66786.6 162.5 0.22 Eagle Mountain Lake 1968 2008 179980.2 261.5 0.14 Fork Reservoir, Lake 1980 2009 637527.8 1263.6 0.19 Fort Phantom Hill, Lake 1938 1993 72419.3 56.8 0.08 Georgetown, Lake 2005 2016 38067.9 48.2 0.12 Graham, Lake 1958 1998 46825.0 102.4 0.20 Granbury, Lake 1993 2015 133857.7 325.5 0.23 Granger Lake 1995 2013 51926.4 169.2 0.31 Grapevine Lake 2002 2011 164243.8 271.6 0.16 Houston, Lake 1994 2011 126899.5 561.9 0.41 Houston County Lake 1966 1999 18168.3 41.4 0.21 Hubbard Creek Reservoir 1997 2018 318,174 556.1 0.17 Inks Lake 1950 2007 14295.8 61.1 0.34 Jacksonville, Lake 1757 2006 25731.8 19.2 0.06 Jim Chapman Lake 1991 2007 299856.7 556.9 0.18 Kemp, Lake 1971 2006 246597.6 1989.0 0.63 Kickapoo, Lake 1946 2013 86344.5 290.8 0.27 Lavon Lake 1970 2011 411744.2 1079.1 0.24 1 Latest volume at Capacity Survey 2 Sediment rate Reservoir Name Survey 1 conservation loss rate (latest) (acre-feet/year) pool (acre-feet) (%/year) Lewisville Lake 1960 2007 598992.7 1071.8 0.16 Limestone, Lake 1993 2012 203849.7 725.4 0.33 Livingston, Lake 1968 1991 1741867.0 2151.5 0.12 Lyndon B Johnson, Lake 1951 2007 131364.8 165.0 0.12 Martin Lake 1999 2014 75725.9 58.8 0.08 Meredith, Lake 1965 1995 833035.0 1330.1 0.15 Mexia, Lake 1996 2008 4686.7 8.9 0.19 Millers Creek Reservoir 1974 1993 28051.0 188.4 0.60 Mineral Wells, Lake 1970 2015 5461.4 34.4 0.49 Monticello Reservoir 1972 1998 35203.0 192.0 0.48 Murvaul, Lake 1957 1998 39130.7 163.6 0.36 Navarro Mills Lake 1956 2008 49896.3 267.6 0.42 Nocona 1961 2001 22105.3 95.5 0.37 O' the Pines, Lake 1998 2009 241362.2 496.3 0.20 Palestine, Lake 2003 2012 367311.4 1219.2 0.32 Pat Mayse Lake 1967 2008 117855.3 132.5 0.11 Possum Kingdom Lake 1994 2005 541897 737.3 0.13 Proctor Lake 2002 2012 54803.1 204.3 0.36 Ray Hubbard, Lake 2005 2015 439558.2 1519.0 0.33 Richland-Chambers 2002.6 0.18 1994 2007 1112761.5 Reservoir Somerville Lake 1995 2012 150500.9 373.1 0.24 Stamford, Lake 1966 1999 51870.8 493.7 0.72 Stillhouse Hollow Lake 2005 2015 229881.0 276.5 0.12 Tawakoni, Lake 1997 2009 873240.3 1317.3 0.15 Texoma, Lake 1962 2002 2531216.8 4799.6 0.18 Travis, Lake 1969 2008 1123478.0 1182.1 0.10 Tyler, Lake 1997 2013 78398.5 323.7 0.39 Waco, Lake 1995 2011 191392.0 523.4 0.26 Waxahachie, Lake 1956 2000 11571.6 49.5 0.36 Weatherford Reservoir 1998 2008 17948.7 81.6 0.43 White River Lake 1971 1992 31846.0 588.9 1.32 Whitney, Lake 1959 2005 566160.8 1312.9 0.21 Worth, Lake 1968 2001 33494.9 128.3 0.34 Wright Patman Lake 1956 2010 97927.0 1106 0.7 2 .
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