CANYON LAKE, Texas – It’s legitimate – Canyon Lake has simply registered its lowest degree in recorded history thank you to 2 brutally sizzling, record-breaking summers.
Canyon Lake is recently 68.5% complete with a recorded level of 892.65 toes, in line with Water Data for Texas and the U.S. Geological Survey.
That surpasses the former lowest lake elevation ever recorded when the lake reached 892.68 toes on Sept. 9, 2009, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advised . The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website online lists the lowest degree at 892.7 — however both approach, present water ranges are nonetheless the lowest in the history of the lake.
The low water ranges have brought on the remaining of all however 4 of Canyon Lake’s 23 boat ramps. The handiest boat ramps open as of Friday, Aug. 25 are:
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Boat Ramp 6 – positioned at 2078 Canyon Lake Drive with loose get right of entry to
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Boat Ramp 17 – positioned at 401 Old Hancock Road with loose get right of entry to
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Boat Ramp 18 – positioned on Canyon Park Road, calls for a rate to get right of entry to the park
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Boat Ramp 19 – positioned throughout the Canyon Lake Marina, calls for a rate
Canyon Lake is in reality a reservoir. Construction of Canyon Dam started in 1958 on mile 303 of the Guadalupe River, in line with the Army Corps of Engineers.
The dam was once constructed to assist with flood regulate and water conservation. Construction at the dam was once completed in 1964 and was once stuffed to the conservation pool degree via 1968.
The U.S. Drought Monitor presentations Comal County is underneath excessive to remarkable drought stipulations together with different parts of central Texas.
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