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Navarro Mills Lake is located in
Navarro County Navarro County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 52,624. Its county seat is Corsicana, Texas, Corsicana. The county is named for José Anton ...
, Texas. It is located 20 miles west of
Corsicana Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45, 56 miles northeast of Waco, Texas. The population was 23,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Navarro County, and an important Agri-business ...
, and about 35 miles east of
Waco Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
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History

The lake is owned by the U.S. Government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction of the lake began in January 1959, and it was completed in March 1963. The total cost was $9.5 million. It was built for flood protection and to sustain the water demand for the potential population growth. The lake has a maximum depth of 49 feet.


Hydrology

The Navarro Mills Lake has the Trinity River and Richland Creek impounded. The lake has the surface area 5,070 acres. The dam and spillway is approximately 7,570 feet long embankment and it has a maximum height of 81.7 feet. The spillway is maintained by 6 tainter gates that are 40 feet wide and 29 feet tall and the top of the gates have an elevation of 414 feet above mean sea level. The dam has a drainage area of 320 square miles.


Terrestrial ecosystem


Fish

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White Bass The white bass, silver bass, or sand bass (''Morone chrysops'') is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. commonly around 12-15 inches long. The species' main color is silver-white to pale green. Its back is dark, with white s ...
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Channel Catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
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Crappie Crappies () are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Pomoxis'' in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes). Both species of crappies are popular game fish among recreational anglers. Etymology The genus name ''Pomoxis'' ...


Plants

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Cattails ''Typha'' is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, cattail, or punks, in A ...
* Floating Pondweed


Recreation

Navarro Mills Lake has eight recreational areas and of the eight recreational areas four of them have camping and boat ramps. The other areas at the lake offer recreational activities such as fishing and swimming.


References

{{reflist Bodies of water of Navarro County, Texas