Lake Size: 41,356 Acres
Shoreline Length (Miles): 330 Miles
Deepest Depth: 75 ft
Latitude: 31.95167
Longitude: -96.09861
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 314 ft (96 m)
Counties: Navarro County
Cities: Corsicana
Lake Management: Tarrant Regional Water District

Information: Richland-Chambers Reservoir is the third largest inland reservoir by surface area and the 8th largest reservoir by water volume in Texas formed by the impoundment of Richland Creek and Chambers Creek east-southeast of the town of Corsicana and south of Kerens in Navarro County, Texas, USA. It has 330 miles of shoreline and is "Y" shaped with the dam on the eastern end of the lake. Due to a drought in 1956-1957 plans were made by the Tarrant Regional Water District to build the Richland-Chambers Reservoir with the purpose of being a public water source for Tarrant County. The plan called for a reservoir to be built along with a pipeline between Richland-Chambers and Lake Benbrook. However, no actions were taken until October 1, 1979 when the water district issued $342.75 million in revenue bonds for construction. Construction began on October 7, 1982. The dam was closed on Richland-Chambers Reservoir July 1987 and filled by May 1989. On November 12, 1988 the Richland-Chambers pipeline become operational. In 1999 a wetlands project was launched for the purpose of reusing Trinity River water by filtering a portion of the river through wetlands and then into the Richland-Chambers Reservoir. Initially a demonstration project, this has proved successful and is moving into a larger 2000 acre phase. Due to this additional water, plans are in place to build an additional pipeline between the reservoir and Tarrant County.