Balmorhea Lake
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Grebe Survey Summary
- Max Adults: presence
- Year: 1991 to ?
- Most Recent Adults: presence
- Year: 1991 to ?
- Survey Type: N/A
- Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
- Lake name:
- Balmorhea Lake
- Location:
- Texas
- Latitude:
- 30.9630137
- Longitude:
- -103.7206327
- Surface area (km2):
- 2.3
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1917
- Primary emergent vegetation:
- Bulrush sago pondweed
- Management agency:
- Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas State Parks
- Lake use:
- irrigation water storage
- Region associations:
- Balmorhea State Park
- Designations:
- State Park
- Comments:
- This is a shallow reservoir that is surrounded by farmland and is stocked with fish for fishing. The lake is recovering from an algal related fish kill from 2013.