TEXAS \u2014 Lakes affected by the flooding in July are now fuller than they have been in years, like Canyon Lake.<\/p>\n
Taking a walk down to the water at Canyon Lake looks different from when it did back in May, when Spectrum News last talked to Brett Mazey with the Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, we were walking in that area,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
That area he is talking about is now covered by water.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the highest point the water would get. This is about 911 [feet] right through here. It\u2019s currently at 909 [feet],\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
That 909 feet is what Mazey said is considered a full conservation pool. That\u2019s something he hasn\u2019t seen since serving as the Canyon Lake manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve worked here two years, and it\u2019s never been this high. They\u2019re stating about four and a half years ago, it started dropping below 909,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
He said folks are excited the lake is back, allowing full recreation activities to go on.<\/p>\n
\u201cComal Park, Canyon Park, and Pirate Creek Park\u2014they\u2019ve opened up their beaches. They have official beaches that are designated swim areas that are groomed for people to picnic and swim. There\u2019s no hazards under the water,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
Mazey said it took about three to four days for the lake to fill up, rising 24 feet in the days after heavy rain fell in Central Texas in July.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a stark difference from this time just two months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the shoreline receded, you could literally walk out 100-300 yards before you hit the water,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
Back in 2025, an island was visible in the middle of the lake.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe island is about 15-20 feet underwater now, and what the island really was is a plateau where heavy equipment had dug out in front of the dam over here,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
As of the middle of July, Mazey said a dozen out of the 23 boat ramps are now open.<\/p>\n
He and the other people with the Army Corps of Engineers have been waiting for this to happen and knew it would.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you look at historical charts, you can see every year over a 10-year period\u2014an increase and a decrease in water levels,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
Mazey said the rain hit exactly where they needed it to restore the historically low lake.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had the perfect weather or perfect storm a couple weeks ago that allowed the water to flow from Kerrville, down the Guadalupe, down here to Canyon Lake at a nice steady pace,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
He knows that won\u2019t be the last time the lake fluctuates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe drought I hope is ending, and it wasn\u2019t the first drought. We had a really bad drought in the 50s and we anticipate another drop happening in another 10 to 20 years,\u201d said Mazey.<\/p>\n
Until then, he will enjoy the new view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEXAS \u2014 Lakes affected by the flooding in July are now fuller than they have been in years,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1570,102,138,6716,223,82,27,1659,1569,835],"class_list":["post-397558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-ctv","tag-dallas","tag-el-paso","tag-lauren-kendrick","tag-news","tag-san-antonio","tag-texas","tag-texas-floods","tag-texas-what-you-need-to-know","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}