page_title: Belton Lake
hierarchical_section_title: Belton Lake
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Belton Lake and Dam on the Leon River in the Brazos River Basin in Bell County, Texas, USA. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the dam on the river in 1954 for flood control and water supply. County Road 2271 crosses the dam. View is to the west. Coordinates: 31°06′31.68″N 97°28′21.02″W﻿ / ﻿31.1088°N 97.4725056°W
context_page_description: Belton Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Leon River in the Brazos River basin, 5 miles northwest of Belton, Texas, United States. The lake extends into both Bell County and Coryell County. Belton Dam and the lake are both managed by the Fort Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoir was officially impounded in 1954, and serves to provide flood control and drinking water for Belton, Temple, and the surrounding communities. Belton Lake is a popular recreational destination. In the fall of 2018 Lake Belton was host to the annual “Lonestar Throwdown” kayak fishing tournament. Teams from the North, South, Central, and West Texas regions battled it out for bragging rights and ultimately North Texas took home the coveted trophy.
  Belton Lake overflowed the spillway in 1991–1992 with the occurrence of two closely spaced 50 year floods. The area immediately below the spillway was heavily damaged by the floods. It was rebuilt and reconstituted as the Miller Springs Nature Center on October 26, 1993.
context_section_description: Belton Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Leon River in the Brazos River basin, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Belton, Texas, United States.  The lake extends into both Bell County and Coryell County.  Belton Dam and the lake are both managed by the Fort Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  The reservoir was officially impounded in 1954, and serves to provide flood control and drinking water for Belton, Temple, and the surrounding communities.  Belton Lake is a popular recreational destination. In the fall of 2018 Lake Belton was host to the annual “Lonestar Throwdown” kayak fishing tournament. Teams from the North, South, Central, and West Texas regions battled it out for bragging rights and ultimately North Texas took home the coveted trophy.
  Belton Lake overflowed the spillway in 1991–1992 with the occurrence of two closely spaced 50 year floods.  The area immediately below the spillway was heavily damaged by the floods.  It was rebuilt and reconstituted as the Miller Springs Nature Center on October 26, 1993.  It is run by the Miller Springs Alliance, a non profit group of volunteers and has nearly 11 miles of hiking and biking trails passing through upland, prairie, canyon and riparian habitats.
caption: Belton Dam and the lake
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