Lake Conroe Facts
Lake Fishing Records (Rod & Reel):
Blue catfish: 55.00 Pounds
Flathead catfish: 86.00 Pounds
White Crappie: 2.70 Pounds
Striped Bass: 12.11 Pounds
Lake Construction:
Started January , 1970 - completed January 1973
Cost:
$30,000,000
Filled:
October 31, 1973
Normal Pool:
Elevation 201.00 feet above mean
sea level
Shoreline:
157 Miles
Surface Area:
22,000 acres (5,000 acres in Sam
Houston National Forest)
Capacity:
430,260 acre feet
(140,200,651,000 gallons)
Average Depth:
20.5 feet
Yield:
100,000 acre feet per year (90
million gallons per day)
Water Use:
San Jacinto River Authority -
one third for industrial
Water Releases:
Floodwater - by raising gates (5
gates 40' wide). Water for downstream - through service outlet structure
using one or two of three gates at different elevations.
Evaporation:
Average annual - 48 inches (71
million gallons per day). Summer (115 million gallons per day). Winter (30
million gallons per day). Maximum (180 million gallons per day).
Flowage Easement:
Elevation 201 to elevation 207.
Fish Stocked:
Texas Parks and Wildlife - Bass,
Hybrid Bass, Crappie. LCMA restock Bass & Crappie.
Texas Facts
Texas Land Area:
261,797 square miles
Texans Per Square Mile:
79.6
Texas Population:
20,851,820
Before 1500 -- Prior to the arrival of the first European explorers, numerous tribes of Indians occupied the Lake Conroe region. The Karankawas ranged along the Gulf coast between present Galveston and Corpus Christi. They were loosely organized in a somewhat primitive culture, and lived mostly as fishermen.
Mid-1519 -- Sailing from a base in Jamaica, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish adventurer, was the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline.
2 March 1836 -- The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed by members of the Convention of 1836. An ad interim government was formed for the newly created Republic of Texas.
6 March 1836 -- Texans under Col. William B. Travis were overwhelmed by the Mexican army after a two-week siege at the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio.
21 April 1836 -- Texans under Sam Houston routed the Mexican forces of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Thus, independence was won in one of the most decisive battles in Texas history.