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P.H. Dexippus
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1:33p, 11/8/18
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I like learning about Texas and Houston history. In light of the Harvey conspiracies and finger pointing, I thought I would share a map and report I recently came across for the dams originally planned for the the Kingwood/Lake Houston basin. I can't imagine how much fishing I would have done as a kid if all of these had been built.

http://www.sjra.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/SJRA-Master-Plan-Report-1950s.pdf
"[When I was a kid,] I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God no one took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery."- Bill Maher
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MouthBQ98
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3:49p, 11/8/18
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My old house might be in one of those cypress creek lakes
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4:36p, 11/8/18
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Love how Camp Strake was a landmark in the map. RIP.
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P.H. Dexippus
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In reply to HumbleAg04 • 4:41p, 11/8/18
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Yeah. There are a number of small towns listed that no longer exist.
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4:48p, 11/8/18
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can someone do a layover or drop pins where towns are

TIA
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5:14p, 11/8/18
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glad they never did the Caney Creek dam
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P.H. Dexippus
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5:21p, 11/8/18
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That East Fork Dam No. 0 would have created a lake twice the size of Lake Houston with an elevation crest about 30' higher than the current lake.
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7:16p, 11/8/18
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Would be awesome to have more lakes.
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In reply to W • 8:06a, 11/9/18
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W said:
glad they never did the Caney Creek dam

Why?
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P.H. Dexippus
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4:31p, 11/9/18
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So...does this make it it SJRA's fault that Kingwood flooded?
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In reply to Ferris Wheel Allstar • 9:28p, 11/11/18
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Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
can someone do a layover or drop pins where towns are

TIA


And I was most interested in those two Cypress Creek lakes so here's that area in more detail.


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9:54p, 11/12/18
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As much as my folks would love lake Cut N Shoot, those Cy Creek dams shoulda been priority #1
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P.H. Dexippus
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In reply to JSKolache • 10:38p, 11/12/18
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Interestingly, the report actually called for Lake Dobbin to the first built, not sure what changed.
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2:21p, 11/13/18
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man they wanted to turn Montgomery county into Minnesota didn't they.
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In reply to jpd301 • 5:37p, 11/19/18
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jpd301 said:
Ferris Wheel Allstar said:
can someone do a layover or drop pins where towns are

TIA


And I was most interested in those two Cypress Creek lakes so here's that area in more detail.


Right at the very tip of the western damn shown here, is a white building/roof top.. that is Keuhnle elem.. In the 90s I lived about 1/8 mile due west. We would have had lake front property!
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1:45p, 11/21/18
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Part of where the San Jacinto dams are is Lake Conroe. That whole area of Montgomery County is a giant flood plain where they've built a sh-tload of housing though (the Lake Creek area)
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