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  • USACE to host in-person public scoping meeting for the Town Bluff Dam and B.A. Steinhagen Lake Master Plan revision

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public scoping

  • Sam Rayburn Reservoir to begin surcharge operations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Officials, in keeping with its flood risk reduction charter, announce today that beginning on May 24 surcharge operations at Sam Rayburn Reservoir will begin. Sam Rayburn continues to receive floodwater runoff from recent storms and is currently operating in the surcharge pool with an elevation of 173.26 feet as of 1:30 p.m. Normal pool elevation is 164.40 feet and top of flood pool is 173 feet. Area above 173 feet is operating into the surcharge pool with top of labyrinth spillway at 176 feet.

  • Sam Rayburn Reservoir and Town Bluff Dam continue flood operations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, in keeping with its flood risk reduction charter, continues to monitor and manage recent flooding at Sam Rayburn Reservoir and B.A. Steinhagen Lake/Town Bluff Dam in Texas. Water releases from Town Bluff Dam were increased due to inflow in the Neches River Basin above the reservoir and weather conditions in the area. Currently, releases out of Town Bluff are approaching 40,000 cubic feet per second.  The Fort Worth District has notified impacted emergency managers of these circumstances and the potential for downstream flooding. 

  • Floods impact operations/recreation at Sam Rayburn Reservoir and B.A. Steinhagen/Dam B

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ representatives at Sam Rayburn Reservoir announce that current high

  • Hurricane Harvey impacts operations at District lakes

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District officials announce today