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25,670 acres (10,390 ha) Max. depth. 95.5 ft (29.1 m) Water volume. 695,000 acre⋅ft (857,000,000 m 3) Surface elevation. 220.5 ft (67.2 m) Choke Canyon Reservoir is a reservoir in South Texas, United States. The lake and the dam that creates it are owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and managed by the City of Corpus Christi .
The reservoir also provides good fishing opportunities, especially for largemouth bass and catfish. Lake Corpus Christi State Park provides camping and picnicking areas and two fishing piers. Camp Karankawa is a Boy Scout of America camp operated by the South Texas Council, opened in 1944. It's 130 acres on the shore of Lake Corpus Christi is ...
Lake Corpus Christi State Park. / 28.06333°N 97.87389°W / 28.06333; -97.87389. Lake Corpus Christi State Park is a state park located on Lake Corpus Christi in San Patricio County, Texas, United States southwest of Mathis. The state leased the land from the City of Corpus Christi in 1934 and the park was opened the same year.
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas. Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately 53 miles (85 km) east through the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. [ 2 ]
Northwest Corpus Christi, TX. The Nueces with a low water level through Cotulla, the seat of La Salle County, Texas. The Nueces River ( / njuˈeɪsɪs / new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long. [ 1] It drains a region in central and southern Texas ...
Corpus Christi Bay. / 27.77222°N 97.25278°W / 27.77222; -97.25278. Corpus Christi Bay is a scenic semi-tropical bay on the Texas coast found in San Patricio and Nueces counties, next to the major city of Corpus Christi. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Mustang Island, and is fed by the Nueces River and Oso Creek from its ...
Padre Island is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world. The national seashore is 70 miles (110 km) long with 65.5 miles (105.4 km) of Gulf beach. PAIS hosts a variety of pristine beach, dune, and tidal flat environments, [2] including the Laguna Madre on its west coast, a famous spot for windsurfing.
Corpus Christi avoided Stage 2 drought after rains in the watershed rose lake levels. But officials' modeling shows it will likely return soon. Corpus Christi dodged Stage 2 drought this week.