Editing Lakehills, Texas (section)

==History==
Lakehills was originally known as Upper Medina Lake, until a post office substation was established in the area in the early 1960s. Two toll roads served the area until the late 1940s–early 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |last=Allen|first=Paul|url=http://www.expressnews.com/life/life_columnists/paula_allen/article/Second-toll-road-served-upper-Medina-Lake-8325237.php|title=Second toll road served upper Medina Lake|date=June 25, 2016|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>

As the town is on [[Medina Lake]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://texashillcountry.com/lakehills-texas/|title=Lakehills Texas - Texas Hill Country|work=Texas Hill Country|access-date=May 12, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> its prosperity is tied to that of the lake. During the [[2010–13 Southern United States drought]], lake levels dropped to below 5% capacity and Lakehills was described as a [[ghost town]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher= Water Data for Texas| url= http://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/medina| title= Medina Lake| accessdate= May 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| newspaper= San Antonio Express News| url= http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Residents-on-edge-as-Medina-Lake-evaporates-4170463.php| title= Residents on edge as Medina Lake evaporates| accessdate= January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher= Kens 5 San Antonio| url= http://www.kens5.com/news/Medina-is-drying-up-as-SAWS-buys-its-water-185951191.html| title= Lakehills 'a ghost town': Is Medina Lake fish kill imminent| accessdate= January 4, 2014| archive-date= January 4, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204151/http://www.kens5.com/news/Medina-is-drying-up-as-SAWS-buys-its-water-185951191.html| url-status= dead}}</ref> Heavy rainfalls throughout 2015 and 2016 brought Medina Lake back up to 100% and remained at or near full capacity for the next few years; however, the last time the lake was recorded at full capacity was on July 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite web| publisher= Water Data for Texas| url= http://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/medina| title= Medina Lake| accessdate= June 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=San Antonio Express News |url=https://www.expressnews.com/hill-country/article/medina-lake-reservoir-drought-low-levels-18695562.php |title=Medina Lake is still shrinking. Here's why, and why it matters. |date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Due to a series of [[2020–2023 North American drought|severe droughts throughout the early 2020s]], lake levels once again plummeted with the capacity dropping down to 2.3% in March 2025. As a result, Lakehills and the surrounding areas have experienced economic hardships due to a decrease in tourism along with a decrease in home values and a rise in homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[WOAI-TV]] |last=Esquivel |first=Stephanie |url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/medina-lake-at-historic-low-water-levels-also-causing-economic-drought-san-antonio-water-canyon-heat |title=Medina Lake at historic low water levels, also causing economic drought |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024}}</ref>