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08066190 Livingston Reservoir near Goodrich, TX

LOCATION - Lat 30°38'00", long 95°00'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Polk County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12030202, at left end of gated spillway at Livingston Dam on Trinity River, 4.4 mi northwest of Goodrich, 7.0 mi southwest of Livingston, 11.7 mi upstream from Long King Creek, and at mile 129.2.

DRAINAGE AREA - 16,583 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Sept. 1968 to current year. PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.-- CHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1969 to Aug. 2005. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1969 to Aug. 2005.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929 (levels by Trinity River Authority), 0.86 below NAVD of 1988. Prior to Feb. 26, 1969, temporary nonrecording gages at site about 200 ft upstream and at same datum. Satellite telemeter at station.

COOPERATION - The capacity table, furnished by the Trinity River Authority, is based on a survey by the Texas Water Development Board dated Nov. 2019. Previously, the capacity table, furnished by the Trinity River Authority, is based on a survey by the Bureau of Reclamation dated Dec. 1991.

REMARKS - The reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam 14,400 ft long. The dam was completed Sept. 29, 1968, and deliberate impoundment began June 26, 1969. The reservoir is operated for industrial water supply in the Houston metropolitan area. The spillway has twelve 40 x 35 ft tainter gates located near the left end of dam. Low-flow releases may be made through multi-gated inlet tower. There are five gated openings at various elevations located in the tower, and all discharge into a 10-foot-diameter concrete conduit through the dam. Flow is affected at times by discharge from the flood-detention pools of 255 floodwater-retarding structures. These structures control runoff from 617 mi² in the Richland, Chambers, Tehuacana, and Bedias Creeks drainage basins. Data regarding the dam are given in the following table:

                                                                              Elevation (feet)
Top of dam............................................................          145.0
Design flood..........................................................          135.0
Top of tainter gates..................................................          134.0
Crest of spillway (sill of tainter gates).............................           99.0
Lowest gated outlet (invert)..........................................           58.0

Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically. Water-quality data for this site published as:

Site ID                  Site name
303807095011101          Livingston Res Site AC nr Livingston, TX
303821095005001          Livingston Res Site AL nr Livingston, TX
303935095055401          Livingston Res Site BC nr Livingston, TX
304144095073001          Livingston Res Site CC nr Livingston, TX
304521095075501          Livingston Res Site DC nr Livingston, TX
304453095064901          Livingston Res Site DL nr Livingston, TX
304659095052001          Livingston Res Site EC nr Livingston, TX
304843095104001          Livingston Res Site FC nr Livingston, TX
305411095144901          Livingston Res Site GC nr Livingston, TX
305447095161401          Livingston Res Site HC nr Livingston, TX
305135095193601          Livingston Res Site IC nr Livingston, TX
305135095235401          Livingston Res Site JC nr Livingston, TX

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 2,081,000 acre-ft, Oct. 17, 1994, elevation, 134.39 ft; minimum since conservation pool capacity was reached on Nov. 2, 1971, 1,345,000 acre-ft, Oct. 25, 1988, elevation, 125.22 ft.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - CHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1969 to Aug. 2005. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Oct. 1969 to Aug. 2005.