The uncontrolled emergency spillway is broad-crested weir cutting on natural ground to the south (right) side of the dam and has a length of 1,650 feet and an elevation of 666.0 feet above mean sea level. Maximum design water surface may reach to 693.2 feet above mean sea level. The dam is a rolled earthfill embankment of 15,624 feet long, including spillway and dike. The top of the dam is at elevation of 698.0 feet above mean sea level. Deliberate impoundment began on February 19, 1968. Construction began on Jand was completed in July 1968. 2109) to impound and appropriate the water was issued by the State of Texas on July 24, 1964. The name of the lake was changed by PL 86-307 from "Lampasas" to "Stillhouse Hollow". Flood Control Act approved Septem(PL 83-780) (HD 535/81/2) allowed the construction of Lampasas Lake. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, multi-purpose water supply and recreation. The project is owned by the United State Government and managed by the U. Stillhouse Hollow Lake and Dam (formerly Lampasas Dam) are located 5 miles southwest of Belton in Bell County, on the Lampasas River, a tributary of the Little River which is a tributary to the Brazos River. Stillhouse Hollow Lake (Brazos River Basin)
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