Lake Livingston
Visitors enjoying a beautiful day on Lake Livingstone
Lake Livingston is on the Trinity River six miles southwest of Livingston in Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker counties (at 30°38' N, 95°01' W). Livingston Dam, owned by the City of Houston and the Trinity River Authority, is an earthfill dam with a concrete spillway and was designed by Brown and Root, Incorporated. The dam has a spillway crest elevation of ninety-nine feet above mean sea level. The reservoir has a normal capacity of 1,788,000 acre-feet, covers 82,600 acres, and drains an area of 16,616 square miles. Construction of the dam by Forrest and Cotton, Incorporated, began in 1966 and was completed in 1969. The reservoir is used for municipal, industrial, and irrigation purposes.
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Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Belongs to
Lake Livingston is part of or belongs to the following places:
Lake Measurements
- Surface Area (in acres): 83,730
- Storage Capacity (in acre-feet): 1,785,348
Lake Maintained or Owned by
City of Houston and Trinity River Authority
Date of Origin
1969 (55 years ago)Currently Exists
Yes
Place type
Lake Livingston is classified as a Lake
Purposes
- Municipal water supply
- Irrigation
- Industry