Editing Lake Kickapoo (section)

== Hydrology ==
Lake Kickapoo reservoir was created by the impoundment of North Fork Little Wichita River, its only in-flow [[tributary]], in 1946.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Lake Kickapoo (Red River Basin) {{!}} Texas Water Development Board |url=https://www.twdb.texas.gov/surfacewater/rivers/reservoirs/kickapoo/index.asp |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.twdb.texas.gov |language=en}}</ref> The out-flow tributaries are Kickapoo Creek, Brier Creek, and Slippery Creek. It has a mean water level of {{convert|1,038|feet}}, surface area of {{convert|4,312|acres}}, and elevation of {{convert|1,060|feet}} above sea level as of 2022.<ref name=":03"/> The storage capacity, as of October 29, 2022, is {{convert|51,596|acre-feet}} with a maximum capacity of {{convert|86,345|acre-feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Water Data For Texas |url=https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/kickapoo |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=waterdatafortexas.org}}</ref> The reservoir storage has steadily dropped by 293 acre-feet/year since 1945 when it had a total capacity of {{convert|106,000|acre-feet}}, due to increasing drought events in the region.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=September 2013 |title=Volumetric Survey of Lake Kickapoo |url=https://www.twdb.texas.gov/surfacewater/surveys/completed/files/Kickapoo/2013-09/Kickapoo2013_FinalReport.pdf |journal=Texas Water Development Board |via=TWDB}}</ref>