Do You Know How Many Natural Lakes Texas Has?

Texas is loaded with waterways like rivers, streams, bayous, a few swampy areas and lots of lakes. A great majority of those lakes aren't natural though.

There are around 7,000 lakes in the lone star state with most of them being in the central and eastern parts of Texas. The Dallas/Fort Worth area, in particular, is really lake heavy with about 60 in and around it.

Not all the lakes in Texas are actually "lakes", some are reservoirs and we also have playas and resacas. Don't feel bad about not knowing what those last two are, I never heard of 'em either until l started writing this. Learn more here.

The vast majority ... and I mean ma - freakin - jority of the lakes in Texas are actually man made. We can thank all the rivers in Texas for that.

Texas’ early history is filled with accounts of devastating floods causing loss of human life and destroying livestock and property, particularly along the Brazos. As a result, in the 1930s and 40s, officials began building dams along Texas rivers to create flood control reservoirs that would absorb the floodwaters and alleviate damage and loss of life. - brazos.org

How Many Lakes In Texas Are Natural?

Believe it or not, out of all the 7,000 or so lakes in Texas, the number of natural ones is super tiny. We have 1. Caddo Lake was initially formed by a log jam and spans the Texas - Louisiana border. At 25,400 acres, it's the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the south.