Lake Stamford, The Anchor

Lake Stamford, a reservoir formed by Stamford Dam, is located 10 miles northeast of Stamford, Texas, in southeastern Haskell County. The lake had a storage capacity in 1999 of 51,573 acre feet and drains an area of 368 square miles. Due to sedimentation, the estimated capacity as of 2013 is 50,061 acre⋅ft.

Typical Texas lake fauna, with algae blooms late spring to fall making visibility poor at 1-3 feet. Stands of bulrush and some cattail, pondweed and lily pads