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{{Infobox dam
| name = Inks Dam
| image = Roy B Inks Dam.jpg
| image_caption =
| name_official = Inks Dam
| dam_crosses = [[Colorado River (Texas)|Colorado River]]
| res_name = [[Inks Lake]]
| location = [[Burnet County, Texas|Burnet]] / [[Llano County, Texas|Llano]] counties, [[Texas]], [[USA]]United States
| maintaineroperator = [[Lower Colorado River Authority]]
| dam_length = {{convert|1547.5|ft|m|1}}
| dam_height = {{convert|96.5|ft|m|1}}
| dam_width_base = {{convert|75.1|ft|m|1}}
| construction_began = 1936
| opening = 1938 <ref name="eia_capacity"/>
| demolishedplant_turbines = 1 =
| costplant_capacity = 13.8 = MW
| coordinates = {{coord|30|43|52|N|98|23|5|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}▼
| res_capacity_total =
| res_catchment =
| res_surface =
| plant_turbines = 1 <ref name="eia_capacity"/>
| plant_capacity = 15 MW <ref name="eia_capacity">{{cite web | title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2007 | work = | publisher = [[Energy Information Administration]], U.S. Department of Energy | year = 2007 | website = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html | format = Excel | doi = | accessdate = 2009-07-11}}</ref>
| max_capacity = 14 MW <ref name="eia_capacity"/>
| plant_annual_gen =
▲| coordinates = {{coord|30|43|52|N|98|23|5|W|display=inline,title}}
| lat_d =
| long_d =
| extra =
}}
 
'''Inks Dam''' was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and forms [[Inks Lake]], one of the seven [[Texas Highland Lakes]]. The damlake isand locateddam atare 30.7307owned -98.3842and aboutoperated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}}by west-southwest ofthe [[Burnet,Lower Texas]].Colorado River It was constructed to provide [[hydroelectric powerAuthority]], andfor helpshydropower buffergeneration theand largerecreational changespurposes inand waterare flownamed [[Buchananfor Dam]],Roy {{convert|3|mi|km|0}}B. upstreamInks, tendsone to produce. It isof the smallestoriginal dammembers inon the [[TexasLCRA HighlandBoard Lakes]]of chain, and is the only one that does not have [[floodgate]]sDirectors. Water passes through the hydroelectric [[water turbine|turbines]] or over the [[spillway]].
 
The Dam is also home to a national fish hatchery. Located just downriver from the spillway, Inks Dam NFH has 30 ponds ranging in size from {{convert|0.25|to|1.5|acre}} with a total of {{convert|28|acres}} for fish production. The facility also has an isolation building for endangered species containing aquariums of various sizes of circular tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inks Dam NFH, Home|url=https://www.fws.gov/southwest/fisheries/inks_dam/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=www.fws.gov}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{stack|{{Portal|Texas|Water|Renewable energy}}}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030812225323/http://www.lcra.org/water/inks.html LCRA Website]
* [https://www.camplonghorn.com/ Camp Longhorn Website]
 
{{Colorado River (Texas) dams}}
{{Crossings navbox
|structure=Crossings
|place=[[Colorado River (Texas)|Colorado River]]
|bridge=Inks Dam
|upstream=[[Texas State Highway 29|Texas State Highway 29 Bridge]]
|upstream signs=[[File:Texas 29.svg|25px]]
|downstream=[[Ranch to Market Road 1431|Ranch to Market Road 1431 Bridge]]
|downstream signs=[[File:Texas RM 1431.svg|25px]]
}}
 
[[Category:Buildingsbuildings and structures in Burnet County, Texas]]
[[Category:Damsbuildings and structures in Llano County, Texas]]
[[Category:Buildingsdams and structurescompleted in Llano County, Texas1938]]
[[Category:Dams completeddams in 1938Texas]]▼
[[Category:hydroelectric power plants in Texas]]
[[Category:Lower Colorado River Authority dams]]
▲[[Category:Dams completed in 1938]]
 
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