Lake Texana

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Lake Texana
Location	On the Navidad River 8 miles (13 km) east of Edna, Texas, USA
Coordinates	28° 55.64'N, 96° 32.26'W.
Lake type	Water supply reservoir
Surface area	9,727 acres (39.4 km²)
Max depth	58 ft (18 m)
Water volume	170,000 acre feet (209,691,900 m³)
Surface elevation	44 ft (13 m)

Lake Texana is a reservoir on the Navidad River, 8 miles (13 km) east of Edna, in Jackson County, Texas, USA. The reservoir is formed by the construction of Palmetto Bend Dam, begun in 1968 and completed in 1979. The dam and lake are managed by the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, and supply drinking water to surrounding communities and industries. Lake Texana is the only reservoir managed by the Authority. Lake Texana is also a recreational destination.

1 Fish and plant populations
2 Recreational uses
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Fish and plant populations

Lake Texana has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in Lake Texana include catfish, largemouth bass, white crappie, white bass, hybrid striped bass, and sunfish. A wide variety of native plant species thrivein the lake, including water hyacinth, coontail, spikerush, cattail, pondweed, bull's tongue, pickerel weed, and duckweed. Two exotic, invasive species exist in the lake: hydrilla and giant salvinia. The giant salvinia is presently limited to the Sandy Creek arm of the reservoir.

[edit] Recreational uses

Boating and fishing are both popular recreational uses of the lake.

[edit] Trivia

Lake Texana is named after the ghost town of Texana, which it covers. Texana was a prominent town in Jackson County and was the county seat,until Edna got the county seat. Afterwards people started moving to Edna and Ganado, eventually to where there were no people living in there and it becoming a ghost town.