Lake Benbrook
| Benbrook Lake | |
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Lake and Dam
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| Location | Tarrant County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°37′57″N 97°27′52″W / 32.63250°N 97.46444°WCoordinates: 32°37′57″N 97°27′52″W / 32.63250°N 97.46444°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Clear Fork, Trinity River |
| Primary outflows | Clear Fork, Trinity River |
| Catchment area | 429 sq mi (1,110 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area |
3,770 acres (15.3 km2) (normal pool) 7,630 acres (30.9 km2) (flood pool) |
| Water volume | 88,250 acre·ft (0.10885 km3) |
| Surface elevation | 694 ft (212 m) (normal pool) 724 ft (221 m) (flood pool) |
3,770 acres (15.3 km2) (normal pool)
Benbrook Lake (also known as Benbrook Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in Tarrant County, Texas, USA. The lake is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the center of Fort Worth, where the Clear Fork and the West Fork of the Trinity River join. The lake is impounded by the Benbrook Dam. The lake and dam are owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.
Significant flooding on the Trinity River during May 1908, April 1922 and September 1936, was a primary cause for the development of Corps of Engineers flood control projects in North Texas.
Benbrook Dam and Lake were built by the Galveston District of the Corps of Engineers. During the decade of active civil works construction following World War II, the U.S. Congress provided for the construction of Benbrook Lake, Grapevine Lake, Lavon Lake and Ray Roberts Lake as well as modifications to the existing Garza Dam for the construction of Lewisville Lake. The River & Harbors Act of 1945 authorized these projects for the purposes of both flood control and navigation. These lakes and others, along with an extensive floodway system of levees, are operated in a coordinated manner to minimize flooding along the Trinity River floodplain corridor in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
A second major influence for development was the desire of commercial interests for a shipping channel along the length of the Trinity River. This project, in its most grandiose design, was envisioned as a 9-foot-deep (2.7 m) by 150-foot-wide (46 m) canal (2.74 × 45.72 m) running upstream from Trinity Bay on the Gulf Coast to Dallas, and west all the way to Fort Worth. Downstream it would connect to the Houston Ship Channel. Twenty-six separate lock and dam projects were to be constructed. Today a ship channel is maintained upriver as far as river mile 41 (km 66) near Liberty, Texas. Although unlikely, a navigation channel linking Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico could still be constructed.
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