Lake Wichita
Wichita County, Texas1,310 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from TCEQ for this lake.
- 31 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Lake Wichita in Wichita County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1310 acres.
Lake Wichita is a 1,310-acre lake in Wichita County, Texas with an estimated average depth of about 31 feet. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TCEQ, last sampled 2020-05-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Lake Wichita covers about 1,300 acres in Wichita County. It has one public boat landing. For a place on the water, look through cabin and lake-house rentals near Lake Wichita on Vrbo. For a hotel or motel room, Booking.com and Expedia both search around the lake.
What Lake Wichita is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
- Big water1,310 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Wichita is safe to swim in today is a call for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Wichita
These are the measurements TCEQ publishes for Lake Wichita, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~31 ft est.
Surface area
1,310 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by TCEQ
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Texas has not published bathymetry for Lake Wichita.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
128 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
11 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
978 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
Recreation & Access
- Lake WichitaPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Wichita is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Wichita Dam (completed 1901), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Holliday Creek; earth-type dam, 31 ft tall and 10,170 ft long.
- Surface area
- 1,310 ac
- Normal storage
- 9,301.5 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 57,280 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 143 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- CITY OF WICHITA FALLS
All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID TX01017 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Wichita
Where is Lake Wichita?
- Lake Wichita is a lake in Wichita County, Texas. Its water-quality measurements are published by TCEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Wichita?
- Lake Wichita in Wichita County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1310 acres.
Is Lake Wichita safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Wichita?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Wichita, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 31 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 1310 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Lake Wichita?
- Lake Wichita has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Lake Wichita. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Lake Wichita?
- Lake Wichita has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Texas's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- USGS Texas Water Science Center
USGS-TX4 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory