Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is a freshwater impoundment (reservoir) located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, just north of the City of Forney.
Lake Ray Hubbard shorelines expand to form a unique water border between the cities of Rowlett, Rockwall and Sunnyvale. Waterfront homes on Lake Ray Hubbard can be found throughout these cities including a mixture of single-family homes, lakefront townhomes and condos and lakeside apartments.
Tips & Tactics. The heated discharge area on the west side south of I30 is a good place to fish for all kinds of sportfish in Ray Hubbard. Humps and points that extend into the lake are your best bets for hybrids and white bass. Largemouth bass will be found around vegetation or along riprap.
The near record level heat and the drought have played a role in such incidents. The banks of Lake Ray Hubbard have receded. For every foot the lake drops, the bank recedes another six to eight feet. Texas Game Warden Martin Oviedo said he's worried about Labor Day weekend.
The dam is currently owned by the City of Dallas and operated by Dallas Water Utilities, a not-for-profit department of the City of Dallas for purposes of municipal and industrial water supply, flood control, and recreation. The Lake was originally named Forney Lake for the nearby town of Forney.
70 Degrees - 60 DegreesNow things are getting chilly! This water temperature is, unless you are accustomed to it, probably uncomfortably cold. Your breathing will be harder to maintain in this temperature, and you won't be able to hold your breath nearly as long as you would otherwise.
The City of Rowlett sits on Lake Ray Hubbard and has several creeks and streams feeding the lake. This, along with heavily wooded areas, provide a safe haven for all types of wildlife. Raccoons, opossums, coyotes, squirrels and snakes, to name just a few, live around the area.
Ray Hubbard Lake is formed by an earthfill dam some 12,500 feet long. The crest of the spillway is 409.5 feet above mean sea level, and the conservation storage capacity is 490,000 acre-feet with a surface area of 22,745 acres.
The project includes the widening of the existing I-30 bridge across Lake Ray Hubbard along with the construction of new frontage road bridges. Working with Robishaw Engineering, SEMA Construction developed a plan to transport the TX70 girders and their tractor-trailers out to the crane barge assemblies.
Lake Ray Hubbard covers 22,745 acres and has 111 miles of shoreline with an average depth of 32 feet and a maximum depth of 40 feet. Lake Ray Hubbard is only 30 miles from Downtown Dallas and surrounded clockwise from the north by the towns and cities of Wyle, Lavon, Rockwall, Heath, Sunnyvale, Rosehill, and Rowlett.
In the area surrounding Dallas, Texas, there are over 50 lakes, and all of them are man-made. Lake Ray Hubbard was developed in 1967 to serve as a reservoir for the Rockwall-Forney Dam on the east fork of the Trinity River.