Eagle Mountain Lake Level

Have you been wondering about why the lake level is low?  Well, there's a simple explanation: the Texas Regional Water District (TRWD) is constructing a 19.5 mile pipeline connection between Lake Benbrook and Eagle Mountain Lake which requires the lake level to be at historic lows.  The project is scheduled for completion in 2008.  For more info on this and other TRWD pipeline projects, click here.

Here are a few facts about the lake.

• Eagle Mountain Lake was constructed between 1929 and 1932
• Surface Area - 8702 acres
• Conservation Storage - 182505 acre-feet 
• Conservation Elevation - 649.1 feet 
• Maximum Dimensions - 3.25 miles wide; 11 miles long 
• Record High - 659.9 feet - 1942 
• Record Low - 629 feet - 1956
• Shoreline - Approximately. 83.5 miles