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Figure 3.5
The 1958 fl ood at Barton Springs Pool illustrates the destructive potential of regional hydro-
logic events. Source : PICA 22648, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

Table 3.1
The Highland Lakes system

Date of
completion

Body of water
created

Surface area
(square miles) Dam

Buchanan Dam 1937 Lake Buchanan 36.03

Inks Dam 1938 Inks Lake 1.25

Tom Miller Dam 1940 Lake Austin 2.86

Mansfi eld Dam 1941 Lake Travis 29.58

Starcke Dam 1950 Marble Falls Lake 1.22

Wirtz Dam 1950 Lake LBJ 9.96

Source : Banks and Babcock 1988.