Richland-Chambers Reservoir | |
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Location | Navarro / Freestone counties, Texas, United States |
Coordinates | 31°57′07″N 96°05′56″W / 31.95194°N 96.09889°W |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Richland Creek and Chambers Creek |
Primary outflows | Richland Creek |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 41,356 acres (16,736 ha)[1] |
Max. depth | 75 ft (23 m)[1] |
Water volume | 1,103,816 acre⋅ft (1.361537 km3) |
Surface elevation | 314 ft (96 m)[1] |
Richland-Chambers Reservoir is the third largest inland reservoir by surface area and the 8th largest reservoir by water volume in Texas formed by the impoundment of Richland Creek and Chambers Creek east-southeast of the town of Corsicana and south of Kerens, in Navarro County and Freestone County, Texas, USA. It has 330 miles (530 km) of shoreline and is Y-shaped with the dam on the eastern end of the lake.[2]