| SIESTA COUNTRY SUBDIVISION |
Lake Livingston Dam - 1.8 Miles from Siesta Country Subdivision.
| HWY. 1988 TOWARDS GOODRICH |
| SIESTA COUNTRY |
| TRINITY RIVER |
| Siesta Country, Livingston, Texas (Polk County) |
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Built, owned and operated by the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA), Lake Livingston is the largest lake
constructed for water supply purposes only located totally within the State of Texas. The lake covers
approximately 83,000 surface acres, with a normal pool elevation of 131 feet above mean sea level. The
Livingston Dam, constructed across the Trinity River approximately seven miles southwest of the city of
Livingston, is 2½ miles in length and has an average height of 55 feet. The average base width of the Dam’s
earthen embankment is 310 feet wide. The spillway is designed and constructed to pass flows of three times
the maximum-recorded flow of the river at this site.
Rainfall amounts and current lake levels are of major concern to those who live in close proximity to a large
body of water. By design, Lake Livingston has no flood control capabilities/flood storage capabilities, thus
flows entering the lake, either from rainfall in the immediate area or from flows coming down the Trinity River,
must be passed through the lake as the increased flows occur. Spillway operations at Lake Livingston mirror
river flows. Within a relatively short period of time, as river flows increase, discharges increase and as river
flows decrease, discharges decrease.
constructed for water supply purposes only located totally within the State of Texas. The lake covers
approximately 83,000 surface acres, with a normal pool elevation of 131 feet above mean sea level. The
Livingston Dam, constructed across the Trinity River approximately seven miles southwest of the city of
Livingston, is 2½ miles in length and has an average height of 55 feet. The average base width of the Dam’s
earthen embankment is 310 feet wide. The spillway is designed and constructed to pass flows of three times
the maximum-recorded flow of the river at this site.
Rainfall amounts and current lake levels are of major concern to those who live in close proximity to a large
body of water. By design, Lake Livingston has no flood control capabilities/flood storage capabilities, thus
flows entering the lake, either from rainfall in the immediate area or from flows coming down the Trinity River,
must be passed through the lake as the increased flows occur. Spillway operations at Lake Livingston mirror
river flows. Within a relatively short period of time, as river flows increase, discharges increase and as river
flows decrease, discharges decrease.