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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

08045800 Lake Weatherford near Weatherford, TX

LOCATION - Lat 32°46'21", long 97°40'28" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Parker County, TX, Hydrologic Unit 12030102, in pumphouse 168 ft upstream from right end of dam on Clear Fork Trinity River, 2.4 mi downstream from Hays Branch, 3.9 mi upstream from Squaw Creek, and 7.3 mi east of Weatherford.

DRAINAGE AREA - 109 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1976 to May 1980, Aug. 1998 to Sept. 2002 (contents), Oct. 2002 to current year. PERIOD OF RECORD, Water-Quality.-- CHEMICAL DATA: July 1979, Mar. 1987. BIOCHEMICAL DATA: Mar. 1987.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 0.69 ft below NAVD of 1988. Satellite telemeter at station.

REMARKS - Some records listed in the "Period of Record" for surface water and water quality may not be available electronically. The lake is formed by a rolled earthfill dam 4,055 ft long. The dam was completed and deliberate impoundment began in Mar. 1957. The original service spillway was a semi-circular drop inlet with a crest length of 162 ft located 550 ft to the right of the pumphouse. The drop inlet discharges into a 9 x 9 ft concrete conduit that extends 425 ft under the dam. The emergency spillway is an uncontrolled excavated split-level cut channel located at the right end of the dam. In 1993 the service spillway was modified to repair flood damages and increase the overall spillway capacity. The dam crest was raised 3 ft to elevation 917 ft above msl. A new service spillway inlet consisting of a four-fingered radial labyrinth crest was constructed and connected to the existing 9- ft square discharge conduit. The crest of this service spillway is at 896 ft above msl. The second stage emergency spillway channel at 906 ft was widened to a total length of 1,400 ft. The low-flow outlet works consist of an 18 in diameter concrete pipe with a valve control assembly. Data regarding the dam are given in the following table:

                                                                              Elevation (feet)
Top of dam............................................................          914.0
Crest of Emergency Spillway...........................................          906.0
Invert of drop inlet (spillway).......................................          896.0
Invert of lowest gated outlet pipe....................................          857.0

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 23,560 acre-ft, Mar. 27, 1977, elevation, 899.65 ft, from floodmark; minimum contents, 12,880 acre-ft, Jan. 9, 10, 1979, elevation, 889.99 ft; minimum elevation, 886.40 ft, Aug. 27, 2006.