Attics Resavpir Dam
Army corps of engineers galveston district held a public meeting march 9 2016 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m.
Attics resavpir dam. Army corps of engineers galveston district. Army corps of engineers the corps completed construction of addicks dam and the outlet facility in 1948. And october 27 1965. Army corps of engineers is still years away from work on larger scale flood mitigation projects.
Construction of the addicks and barker dam facilities. Thus the neighborhoods upstream of the dams were sacrificed to prevent downstream. Houston the u s. 74 56 09 12 2020 15 45 cdt add up to 2 more sites and replot for lake or reservoir water surface elevation above navd 1988 feet low orifice.
Together with barker reservoir addicks reservoir was built in the 1940s as part of a federal project to reduce flooding risks along buffalo bayou which runs west to east through downtown houston. North of i 10 is the addicks reservoir fed by bear creek south mayde creek langham creek and horsepen creek. Energy environment army corps nearly finished replacing gates on addicks and barker dams. For near real time water levels of this reservoir and others in flood stage visit flood viewer.
Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above navd 1988 feet low orifice most recent instantaneous value. A levee along cypress creek to block overflows into the addicks reservoir watershed. However court documents show that the army corps used over 7 000 acres of private land during and after harvey to store the impounded floodwater. The addicks and barker reservoirs per their design and purpose held back water to protect the city of houston.
A channel project to enlarge and straighten buffalo bayou downstream of the reservoirs to a point where a diversion canal would convey flood waters to galveston bay. The addicks reservoir and addicks dam in conjunction with the barker reservoir prevent downstream flooding of buffalo bayou in the city of houston texas both reservoirs were authorized under the rivers and harbors act of june 20 1938 which was modified by the flood control acts of august 11 1938. 68 61 09 14 2020 10 30 cdt add up to 2 more sites and replot for lake or reservoir water surface elevation above navd 1988 feet low orifice. Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above navd 1988 feet low orifice most recent instantaneous value.
The rating curve for addicks reservoir has been updated and replaced with data from the u s.