Falcon Lake Boat Ramps

9 boat launches are mapped on Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas.

9 of these launches include facility details from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).

Falcon Lake facts

Surface area80,555 acres
TypeReservoir (mapped as Falcon Reservoir)
Average depthabout 33 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 153.7 miles
Surface elevation296 ft above sea level
DamFalcon Dam, completed 1953
Dam size175 ft high, 26,294 ft long, concrete dam
Dam purposesFlood Risk Reduction, Irrigation, Recreation, Hydroelectric
Dam ownerInternational Boundary and Water Commission;Mexico Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas (Federal)
Normal storage2,668,000 acre-feet
Impounded streamRio Grande

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID TX00024). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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