Barker And Attics Reservoir Dams

Army corps of engineers the corps completed construction of addicks dam and the outlet facility in 1948.

Barker and attics reservoir dams.

When completed in 1948 the reservoirs occupied rural and agricultural land in far western harris county and eastern fort bend county. The addicks reservoir and addicks dam in conjunction with the barker reservoir prevent downstream flooding of buffalo bayou in the city of houston texas. View over 750 usgs real time stream lake reservoir precipitation and groundwater stations in context with current weather and hazard conditions on both desktop and mobile devices. Addicks and barker dams addicks and barker reservoirs flood mitigation us army corps of engineers stories like this are made possible by the generosity of our community of donors foundations and.

North of i 10 is the addicks reservoir fed by bear creek south mayde creek langham creek and horsepen creek. South of i 10 is the. Any dam safety issues at addicks and barker could have a far greater impact due to the magnitude of people and property downstream as opposed to other dams around the country in rural or low population density areas the earthen dam embankments are massive barker spans more than 13 miles and addicks a little over 11 miles. However court documents show that the army corps used over 7 000 acres of private land during and after harvey to store the impounded floodwater.

Army corps of engineers usace constructed the addicks and barker dams. And october 27 1965. Water then flows outward to langham creek and buffalo bayou. Together with barker reservoir addicks reservoir was built in the 1940s as part of a federal project to reduce flooding risks along buffalo bayou which runs west to east through downtown houston.

Usgs 08072500 barker res nr addicks tx. Provisional data subject to revision. Barker dam and reservoir in houston on tuesday sept. Photo by michael stravato for the texas tribune.

Thus the neighborhoods upstream of the dams were sacrificed to prevent downstream flooding. Both reservoirs were authorized under the rivers and harbors act of june 20 1938 which was modified by the flood control acts of august 11 1938. Others say the army corps doesn t deserve the brunt of the blame. Addicks and barker dams more than 70 years ago in response to floods that devastated houston in 1929 and 1935 the u s.

This reservoir together with addicks reservoir was created as part of a federal project to control flooding on buffalo bayou and protect downtown houston.