Lake Tawakoni | |
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Location | Hunt / Rains / Van Zandt Counties, Texas |
Coordinates | 32°50′45″N 95°56′36″W / 32.84583°N 95.94333°W |
Type | reservoir |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | Sabine River Authority of Texas |
First flooded | October 1960 |
Surface area | 37,879 acres (15,329 ha) |
Water volume | 926,000 acre⋅ft (1.142×109 m3) |
Shore length1 | 200 mi (320 km) |
Surface elevation | 437.5 ft (133.4 m) |
References | [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lake Tawakoni (/təˈwɑːkəni/ tə-WAH-kə-nee) is a 37,879-acre (15,329 ha) reservoir located in Northeast Texas, about 48 miles (77 km) east of Dallas. It lies within three Texas counties, Hunt, Rains, and Van Zandt. It is used for water supply and recreation. It is under the Sabine River Authority of Texas and the original headwaters of the Sabine are converged under the lake surface.