COUNTY LIFE
Amon Carter, Lake Nocona both fill after last week’s rains
Several homes along Williamson Road off FM 1125 at Lake Amon Carter were flooded in the weekend rain. Luckily no families were stranded in the homes due to high water. (Photo Game Warden Chase McAnich)
Both Lake Amon G. Carter and Lake Nocona are filled to overflowing following a week of heavy rainfall.
Carter topped the emergency spillway Friday morning filling up after two days of rain.
As of Tuesday, the level was 926.69msl, 6.29 feet above the capacity at 920. Just one month ago the lake was at 913.21 with the city in stage one of its drought contingency plan.
Just one month ago on April 11 the lake was at 56.1 percent capacity, down 6.79 feet.
For Lake Nocona, the gushing water is long overdue after more than a year and half at stage five restrictions. Capacity for the lake is 827.
As of Tuesday the lake level was 828.69, 1.69 feet over the pool elevation. Just one month ago on April 11 the lake level was 13.90 feet below capacity, with the lake only 32.4 percent full. Read the full story in the mid-week News. Pictured Top: This cove in Lake Nocona has not seen significant water in a very long time and docks were floating by Saturday. (Photo by Willetta Crowe)
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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