| Lake Granbury | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hood County, Texas |
| Coordinates | |
| Lake type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Brazos River |
| Primary outflows | Brazos River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 8,310 acres (33. Hood County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 2000 the population was 41100 A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God" is the 11th longest river in the In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God" is the 11th longest river in the A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, 6 km²) |
| Max. depth | 75 ft (22. 8 m) |
| Water volume | 153,500 acre·ft (0. An acre-foot is a unit of Volume commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources such as reservoirs, Aqueducts 1893 km³) |
| Shore length1 | 103 miles (221 km) |
| Surface elevation | 693 ft (182 m) msl |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. | |
Lake Granbury is a fresh-water man-made North Texas Lake in Granbury, Texas. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved This is an article about a region of Texas For the university in Denton see University of North Texas. Granbury is a city in Hood County, Texas, in the United States. It was created in 1969 and is only one of three lakes damming the Brazos River. The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as "The River of the Arms of God" is the 11th longest river in the
Lake Granbury is contained by the De Cordova Bend Dam and is a long, narrow lake, encompassed by 103 miles (221 km) of shoreline. The De Cordova Bend Dam is a man-made Dam on the Brazos River in Hood County Texas, United States controlled by the Brazos River Authority
The lake is controlled by the Brazos River Authority in Granbury. The Brazos River Authority was created in 1929 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Brazos River as a water resource in Texas
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History
The lake was first proposed in the late 1950s. Construction was begun on the Cordova Bend Dam on December 15, 1966 by the H. B. Zachry Company. [1]. Impoundment of water began on September 15, 1969. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The proposed construction of the De Cordova Bend Dam in the mid-1950s became the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River. Goodbye to a River is a book by John Graves published in 1960
Fish populations
The lake is annually stocked with bass and in past years with catfish. The largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides) is a Species of Fish in the sunfish family. The striped bass ( Morone saxatilis, also called rock or rockfish is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and The white bass or sand bass ( Morone chrysops) is a Freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, are North America 's most numerous Catfish species The flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris, also called the yellow cat, opelousas, mud cat and shovelhead cat, are large North "Calico Bass" redirects here For the marine fish see Kelp Bass. The sunfishes are a family ( Centrarchidae) of freshwater Ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. [2]
Recreational uses
Recreational areas
- Thorp Spring
- Hunter Park
- City Park
- Rough Creek
- De Cordova Bend
References
External links
- Lake Granbury is at coordinates Coordinates:
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