Lake Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lake Lyndon B. Johnson
Location	On the Colorado River, near the towns of Granite Shoals, Kingsland, and Marble Falls in Burnet County and Llano County, Texas, USA.
Coordinates	30° 39.31'N, 98° 26.04'W.
Lake type	Hydroelectric reservoir
Surface area	6,534 acres (26.4 km²)
Max depth	90 ft (27 m)
Surface elevation	825 ft (255 m) above sea level

Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (or Lake LBJ) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country in the United States. The reservoir was formed in 1950 by the construction of Granite Shoals Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The lake was originally called Lake Granite Shoals. The dam would be renamed Wirtz Dam in 1952 for Alvin J. Wirtz, the first general counsel of the LCRA, and the lake was renamed to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 in honor of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Located near the towns of Granite Shoals, Kingsland, Horseshoe Bay, Sunrise Beach and Marble Falls, the lake is used as a venue for aquatic recreation and provides cooling water for the Thomas J. Ferguson power plant operated by the LCRA. The boundary line separating Burnet County and Llano County runs down the center of the lake.

The other reservoirs on the Colorado River are Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake Marble Falls, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Town Lake.

[edit] Fish and wildlife populations

Lake LBJ has been stocked with several species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in Inks Lake include largemouth bass, white bass, catfish, and crappie. Lake LBJ is one of the Texas Highland Lakes infested with hydrilla, a non-native aquatic plant species.

[edit] Recreational uses

Most of the property bordering Lake LBJ is privately owned. The Nightengale Archaeological Center at Kingsland is a unique educational park operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority that is adjacent to Lake LBJ. The popularity of Lake LBJ is largely due to its normally constant level water which provides ideal conditions for boating, water-skiing, jet-skiing and other water sports.