Brady Creek Reservoir

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| location = McCulloch County, Texas

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| inflow = Brady Creek

|outflow = Brady Creek

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|shore = 25 miles (40 km)

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Brady Creek Reservoir is a reservoir on Brady Creek in McCulloch County, Texas in the United States. The lake is about 3 miles west of downtown Brady, Texas. The dam and lake are managed by the City of Brady. The reservoir was officially impounded in 1963. The reservoir is also sometimes called Brady Reservoir or Brady Lake. The dam for Brady Creek Reservoir is 8,400 ft. long and 104 ft. high and has a storage capacity of 30,430 acre-Ft.{{Cite web |title=Brady Creek Reservoir (Colorado River Basin) {{!}} Texas Water Development Board |url=https://www.twdb.texas.gov/surfacewater/rivers/reservoirs/brady_creek/index.asp |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.twdb.texas.gov |language=en}}

Fauna

Brady Creek Reservoir has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in Brady Creek Reservoir include largemouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, and white bass. The local fish populations have gradually been recovering after a golden algae bloom that occurred in February 2012 and the drought conditions last several years.

Flora

On February 13, 2012 the Brady Texas reservoir was impacted by an algae bloom that resulted in fish kills.{{Cite web |title=Brady Creek Lake Hit with Golden Alga Bloom |url=https://www.brownwoodnews.com/2012/02/21/brady-creek-lake-hit-with-golden-alga-bloom/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Brownwood News |language=en-US}} The algae was identified to be Prymnesium parvum, a golden algae that produces toxins fatal to animals with gills.{{Cite web |title=Harmful Algal Blooms - Golden Alga |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/ga/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=tpwd.texas.gov}} The Brady Creek Reservoir has limited aquatic vegetation in most areas but there are some submerged plant species and standing timber.{{Cite web |title=Fishing Brady Creek Reservoir |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/brady_creek/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=tpwd.texas.gov}}

Recreational uses

Boating and fishing on Brady Creek Reservoir are very popular.

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622025600/http://www.bradytx.com/sites3/lake.html Facilities Map]
[http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/brady/ Brady Creek Reservoir - Texas Parks & Wildlife]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Handbook of Texas|id=rob16|name=Brady Reservoir}}

Category:Reservoirs in Texas

Category:Protected areas of McCulloch County, Texas

Category:Bodies of water of McCulloch County, Texas