Grapevine Lake

Grapevine Lake is a reservoir in North Texas about 20 mi northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth. It was impounded in 1952 by the US Army Corps of Engineers when they dammed Denton Creek, a tributary of Trinity River. The home of Bob and Meady Chisum and their farmland was in the area, much of it now submerged. Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve is named for him. Meady was the daughter of Jensie Moore and John Chisum. The reservoir's primary purposes are flood control and to act as a municipal water reservoir, with a secondary function of providing recreation and open-space areas. The lake's name comes from the city of Grapevine, Texas, to which the lake is adjacent.