Richland-Chambers Reservoir

Richland-Chambers Reservoir
Location of Richland-Chambers Reservoir in Texas, USA.
Location of Richland-Chambers Reservoir in Texas, USA.
Richland-Chambers Reservoir
Location of Richland-Chambers Reservoir in Texas, USA.
Location of Richland-Chambers Reservoir in Texas, USA.
Richland-Chambers Reservoir
LocationNavarro / Freestone counties, Texas, United States
Coordinates31°57′07″N 96°05′56″W / 31.95194°N 96.09889°W / 31.95194; -96.09889
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsRichland Creek and Chambers Creek
Primary outflowsRichland Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area41,356 acres (16,736 ha)[1]
Max. depth75 ft (23 m)[1]
Water volume1,103,816 acre⋅ft (1.361537 km3)
Surface elevation314 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]