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Of the six Highland Lakes, Travis is the one built to hold back floods, so its level can swing 10 to 20 feet. Mansfield Dam up to Starcke Dam, Pedernales arm included, is the outline here.
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Of the six Highland Lakes, Travis is the one built to hold back floods, so its level can swing 10 to 20 feet. Mansfield Dam up to Starcke Dam, Pedernales arm included, is the outline here.
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Lake Travis, as we draw it
The outline includes the Pedernales arm. Every piece here uses this same drawing.
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Lake Travis facts, with sources
- Counties
- Travis and Burnet counties, Texas
- River and dam
- Colorado River; Mansfield Dam, completed 1942
- Operator
- Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
- Surface area
- 18,622 acres
- Maximum depth
- 190 feet
Sources: lcra.org, tpwd.texas.gov, usgs.gov
Questions about Lake Travis
Why does the water level on Lake Travis change so much?
Texas Parks and Wildlife rates the lake's fluctuation as high, 10 to 20 feet, and notes it is usually below its 681-foot conservation pool.
Who manages Lake Travis?
The Lower Colorado River Authority. LCRA built Mansfield Dam with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1937 to 1942 for flood management, water supply storage and hydroelectric power.
What does the Lake Travis outline include?
The real shoreline, finished by hand, from the Mansfield Dam basin up the winding Colorado River body to Max Starcke Dam, plus the Pedernales arm. The thin upper Pedernales reach is trimmed.
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