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Granite Shoals Facts at a Glance:County: Burnet County School District: Marble Falls Independent School District serves Granite Shoals. Highland Lakes Elementary School is located in Granite Shoals at the intersection of H.A. Barnett Road/Phillips Ranch Road and R.M. 1431. Population: 5,025 Area: 4.56 square miles Elevation: Varies from approximately 825 to 860 feet above MSL Streets: 77 miles Drinking Water: Provided by
City of Granite Shoals Public Works, and recognized as a " Wastewater Services: Primarily on-site wastewater treatment systems (septic), with some areas served by a private company, Aqua Texas. The City is currently investigating options for providing sewer services to the entire city. Parks and Public Facilities: Granite Shoals has 19 parks, 17 of which are lakeside. The city also as a community center, which can be rented to residents. Traffic Count: A 2005 study for the Texas Department of Transportation for the proposed Wirtz Dam Bridge project indicated that there were up to about 15,000 cars per day on the stretch of road on R.M. 1431 between Wirtz Dam Road and our city limits. Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson: Granite Shoals sits on the north side of Lake LBJ,
benefiting from the prevailing southern breezes during the
summertime. The lake has approximately 149 miles of
shoreline and 6,534 acres of water. The
lake is near constant level, with a normal pool elevation of 825 feet
above msl. The lake is 21.5 miles
long and 10,800 feet wide at its widest point.
The lake and dam were completed in 1950, and were originally both named
Granite Shoals. The dam was renamed
Wirtz Dam after Alvin Wirtz, former state senator and general counsel to Lower Colorado
River Authority, and the lake was renamed in 1965 after former President Lyndon
B. Johnson, who as a Congressman and Senator was responsible for passage of the
Rural Electrification Act which created the dams along the Highland Lakes to
provide inexpensive electricity to rural residents.
Johnson owned a large ranch on the lake known as the Haywood Ranch, which
was located along the Public Safety: Granite
Shoals has a fully staffed professional police force.
The police department also patrols the shores of Granite Shoals via police
boat. The city has hired a professional fire chief and the well trained
and dedicated fire department
operates primarily on a volunteer basis. EMS services are provided by the
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