User:Specspidey33/Sulphur Springs Lake

= Sulphur Springs Lake = 2 miles northwest of the town of Sulphur Springs is the reservoir of Sulphur Springs lake. It is located in Hopkins County in Texas and this lake spans about of an area of about 1,340 acres and stores about 17,838 acre-feet of water. It dams up a drainage area of about 66 square miles and acts as a back-up water source for the town of Sulphur Springs. It is part of a watershed that spans from Eastern New Mexico all the way through Western Texas. The lake and watershed is home to a few fishes species and to some endangered species of birds, mammals and reptiles.

History
In November 1971, construction began on the dam that would create Sulphur Springs Lake and the construction finished in January 1974. When finished it blocked White Oak Creek which comes off of the Sulphur River. in the 1980s, a nearby lake named Century lake had its' dam breached, during seasons of high water Sulphur Springs merges with Century lake.

Fish
The lake is a good fishing spot for fish such as Blue and Flathead Catfish, White Crappie and especially Largemouth Bass. A study in 2017 found that 29 out of 30 fish caught were Largemouth bass.in 2013, though the populations seem to have declined since then. The water in the lake has been found to have high amounts of solids which gives very low visibility, making it good habitat for fish that like to live in cloudy waters such as catfish.

Endangered and Threatened species
The lake is a habitat for some important endangered and threatened species such as Peregrine falcon, Bald eagle, Palo Duro mouse, Texas horned lizard and Whooping cranes.