Lake Lavon
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Lake Lavon is an artificial freshwater lake located in North Texas on the East Fork of the Trinity River in Collin County near McKinney. It is off of State Highway 78. Lake Lavon's dominant fish species are the largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish, and crappie.
Started in 1948 and completed in 1953, the lake was designed for flood control, conservation storage, and recreational use. Its construction assisted in preventing seasonal flooding of rich bottomland in southeastern Collin County and stimulated land development along the shores of the lake.
[edit] Statistics
- Length: 9,540 feet
- Maximum Depth: 59 feet
- Surface Area: 21,400 acres
- Conversion Storage Capacity: 275,000 acre-feet
- Conservation Pool Elevation: 492 feet msl
- Shoreline Length: 83 miles
- Date Impounded: 1953
- Owned by: United States Government (The North Texas Municipal Water District, the local cooperative agency, has rights to 100,000 acre-feet of water in the conservation pool of the lake)
- Operated by: Corps of Engineers
