USGS Station 08102000
BELTON LAKE NEAR BELTON, TX

BRAZOS RIVER BASIN

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Continuous monitor Data for this station.
1995 Station Data Pages (73.6 Kb ASCII) taken from 'Water Resources Data Texas, Water Year 1995'

LOCATION

Lat 31°06'22", long 97°28'28", Bell County, Hydrologic Unit 12070201, in intake structure at Belton Dam on Leon River, 1.6 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 317, 3.5 mi north of Belton, 8.9 mi upstream from Nolan Creek, and 16.7 mi upstream from mouth. You can obtain a Map of the Site from the Xerox PARC Map Viewer

DRAINAGE AREA

3,531 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD

March 1954 to current year. Prior to October 1970, published as Belton Reservoir.

REVISED RECORDS

WDR TX-76-2: Drainage area.

GAGE

Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Feb. 20, 1955, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS FOR 1995 WATER YEAR DATA

The lake is formed by a rolled earthfill dam 5,524 ft long, including a 1,300-foot uncontrolled broad-crested spillway in a saddle near left end of dam and a 418-foot-long dike. Deliberate impoundment began Mar. 8, 1954, and the dam was completed in December 1954. The lake was built for flood control and conservation storage. The controlled outlet works consist of a 22.0-foot-diameter conduit that is controlled by three 7.0- by 22.0-foot broome- type gates. The service outlet consists of a 36- by 36-inch gated outlet that discharges into the flood-control conduit. Beginning January 1976, the capacity table is based on a sedimentation survey made in 1966. There are many small diversions upstream for irrigation, municipal supply, and oil field operations. For statement regarding regulation by National Resource Conservation Service floodwater-retarding structures, see station 08100500. Satellite telemeter at station. Figures given herein represent total contents. Data regarding the dam and lake are given in the following table:

                                           Elevation      Capacity
                                             (feet)      (acre-feet)
   Top of dam....................            662.0                -
   Design flood..................            656.9                -
   Crest of spillway.............            631.0        1,086,000
   Top of conservation pool......            594.0          442,000
   Service outlet (invert).......            540.0           51,240
   Lowest gated outlet (invert)..            483.0                0

COOPERATION

Records of elevations and contents furnished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and reviewed by the U.S. Geological Survey.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD

Maximum contents, 1,168,000 acre-ft Mar. 6, 1992 (elevation, 634.36 ft); minimum since initial filling, 113,400 acre-ft Dec. 16, 1956 (elevation, 553.06 ft).