Cedar Creek Reservoir (Trinity River Basin)
Cedar Creek Reservoir (also known as Joe B. Hogsett Dam) is located about three miles northeast of Trinidad in Henderson and Kaufman Counties, on Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River. The project is owned and operated by the Tarrant Regional Water District for municipal water supply, flood control and recreational purposes. Construction of the reservoir started in April 1961 and was completed in 1965.
Deliberate impoundment of water began July 2, 1965. Freese, Nichols and Endress Consulting Engineers designed the project and the general contractor was S. A. Construction Company. The dam structure is a rolled earthfill embankment. The dam is approximately 17,539 feet long and rises 91 feet above the natural streambed. The reservoir has a capacity of 644,785 acre-feet and a surface area of 32,873 acres at operating elevation of 322 feet above mean sea level. The drainage area above the dam is 1,007 square miles. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department maintains three islands, totaling 160 acres, as a Wildlife Management Area for aquatic birds.