Lavon Lake | |
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Location | Collin County, Texas |
Coordinates | 33°02′40″N 96°27′56″W / 33.04444°N 96.46556°W |
Lake type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | East Fork of the Trinity River |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
Surface area | 21,400 acres (87 km2) |
Max. depth | 38 ft (12 m) |
Water volume | 409,360 acre⋅ft (504,940,000 m3) |
Shore length1 | 83 mi (134 km) |
Surface elevation | 492 ft (150 m) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lavon Lake is a freshwater reservoir located in southeast Collin County, Texas, on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, off State Highway 78.[1] It is commonly called Lake Lavon for commercial and recreational purposes, but Lavon Lake is its official name according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was originally called Lavon Reservoir.