Lake Childress, sometimes Childress Lake, is a lake near
Childress, Texas
Childress ( ) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County.
The city and county were named in honor of Georg ...
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Description
Lake Childress is located 8 miles northwest of Childress, Texas in the Red River Basin. It is a part of the Baylor Creek reservoir which is the pair of Lake Childress and Baylor Lake. Both lakes are owned by the City of Childress. The two lakes have a combined surface area of 650 acres.
The lake is prone to drought causing varying water levels. Due to its high conductivity level, it has been subject to
Golden algae kills.
History
In 1923, the reservoir was constructed on a tributary of Baylor Creek. The intended capacity was 4,600 acres.
The lake was previously used for water supply in Childress, Texas.
Aquatic vegetation
Lake Childress has coontail, pondweed, flooded trees, cattails, and milfoil.
Fish
The species of fish at Lake Childress include
white crappie
The white crappie (''Pomoxis annularis'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies. Alternate common names for the species include goldring and silver perch. is named for the fish. The genus name ''Pomoxis ...
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largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, but ...
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catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...
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References
Lakes of Texas
Geography of Childress County, Texas
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