page_title: Lake Meredith
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Meredith
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Meredith on the Canadian River in Texas.
context_page_description: Lake Meredith is a reservoir formed by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas. It is about 30 miles northeast of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle. It historically was a major source of drinking water for Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, located about 150 miles to the south along with many other towns in between and nearby. Sanford Dam was constructed starting in 1962 with completion in 1965. In 2003, the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority announced that it would reduce allocations to its member cities due to an ongoing drought and a continued drop in the water level in the reservoir. As of 2008, the lake continued to hit record lows, and most of the water supplied by CRMWA is now coming from wells in Roberts County. In 2011, water withdrawals from Lake Meredith temporarily ceased and on August 7, 2013 the lake reached its all-time low 26.14 feet. The record high capacity was in April 1973 when the lake was 101.85 ft deep. Lake depth as of October 14, 2017 was 73.12 ft deep.
  Lake depth as of June 17, 2019 was 77.03 ft deep.
  On June 1, 2008 the remains of a Beechcraft Skipper airplane were found in the receding lake.
context_section_description: Lake Meredith is a reservoir formed by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River at Sanford, Texas.  It is about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle.  It historically was a major source of drinking water for Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, located about 150 miles (240 km) to the south along with many other towns in between and nearby.  Sanford Dam was constructed starting in 1962 with completion in 1965. In 2003, the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority announced that it would reduce allocations to its member cities due to an ongoing drought and a continued drop in the water level in the reservoir.  As of 2008, the lake continued to hit record lows, and most of the water supplied by CRMWA is now coming from wells in Roberts County. In 2011, water withdrawals from Lake Meredith  temporarily ceased and on August 7, 2013 the lake reached its all-time low 26.14 feet (7.97 m). The record high capacity was in April 1973 when the lake was 101.85 ft deep.  Lake depth as of October 14, 2017 was 73.12 ft deep.
  Lake depth as of June 17, 2019 was 77.03 ft deep.
  On June 1, 2008 the remains of a Beechcraft Skipper airplane were found in the receding lake.  The plane, reported missing on January 27, 1984, was on a two-hour flight carrying the pilot, Steven Lampe, 25 and Larry Lucas, both of Amarillo, Texas.  There had been no eyewitnesses to the crash.
  Much of the political credit for the establishment of Lake Meredith has gone to the late State Senator Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo.
caption: Lake Meredith in November 2009
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