Petition to Raise Horseshoe Lake Water Level

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In 1997 The Chancery Court ordered Horseshoe Lake water level to be held at the following levels:
December 1- May 1 at 194.2 feet
May 1- December 1 at 193.2 feet
Since that time the lake has suffered extremely low water levels, especially in summer. The Horseshoe Lake Drainage and Irrigation District was formed at a great cost to property owners on and adjacent to the lake. We have been pumping well water into the lake each summer at great cost, but the pumping alone has not been enough to keep our piers, docks, and boat ramps operative due to low water levels.
Some summers, the bayous and canals have been completely dry and the water quality and health of the lake has suffered tremendously. Water for the lake comes entirely from rain water in spring and winter; therefore, we desperately need to hold a higher lake level May 1 December 1 due to the high evaporation rate during the summer.
On May 1st of every year, we are court ordered to drain Horseshoe Lake to a level of 193.2 ft. With the new dam and water control structure on Beck Bayou, the water drains much faster than it did in 1997, when the court order was originated. We need to use the new water control structure to hold more water for both intervals set by the judge. It will cost much less to hold 18 inches more water as oppose to pumping water after draining in the spring.
Furthermore, we, the undersigned, urge the commissioners of the Drainage and Irrigation District to petition the Chancery Court to alter its previous order to allow us to hold 18 inches more water in the lake for the benefit of the property owners and guests.

54 Signatures

  • Kristi Brawley
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Greg Shea
    • Comments
    • Please help keep our water
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Don Brawley
    • Comments
    • Member- Five Lakes Club
    • Zip Code
    • 72301
  • Susan Raskovsky
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Lela McCollum
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Johnny Wofford
    • Comments
    • Help Needed
    • Zip Code
    • 38654
  • Larry Nix
    • Comments
    • It's a beautiful lake, let's keep that way.
    • Zip Code
    • 38016
  • Jim Wilson
    • Comments
    • Ag irrigation is causing a lower water table.
    • Zip Code
    • 38016
  • John B. Bell
    • Comments
    • As a guest at the lake, I would like to see the water levels high in the summer.
    • Zip Code
    • 38619
  • Charles R Smith
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Mitchell Ray Barnett
    • Comments
    • I grew up in West Memphis and have fished Horseshoe hundreds of times. I remember when the bass fishing was fantastic. I am now an outdoor writer for the Evening Times. The reports from Horseshoe aren't as good as they should be. The lake level needs to be higher and I don't know why this court order even exists.
    • Zip Code
    • 38134
  • David Bodkin
  • Dorothy W. Foster
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Danny Foster
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Carole Michelle Belton
    • Comments
    • 258 Lake View
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • karl kirkland
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Tami Maddox
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • William Betz
    • Zip Code
    • 72376
  • Kerin Burrell
    • Comments
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Alesia Odom
    • Comments
    • Please raise the level!!!!
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Artie Odom
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Carol Adams
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Artie K. Odom
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Lia Suzanne Williams
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Reggie and Kandi Hopwood
    • Comments
    • Horseshoe property owners
    • Zip Code
    • 72364
  • TERZINO BOMPREZZI
    • Comments
    • PLEASE RAISE LEVEL CANAL WILL CATCH FISH SUMMER
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • James A. Walker
    • Comments
    • More water please
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Charley and Tala Sorrels
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • TERZINO BOMPREZZI
    • Comments
    • I LIKE TO SUPPORTRAISE LEVEL UP TO 194.2 FULL SEASONS AND MUST OPEN DOORS DAM BECAUSE MY HOUSEBOAT AND SEAWALL AT 195.5 LEVEL YOU KNOW MOTHER NATURES HIT HEAVY RAIN LET GO OPEN 4 DOORS DAM I WENT SEVERAL TIMES DAM ONLY OPEN 2 DOOR AND 2 CLOSED DOORS. ITS BOTHER ME CONCERN PLEASE DONT LET RUIN OR DAMAGE MY SEAWALL OR HOUSEBOAT .
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • JANNIE HENDERS
    • Comments
    • WHY LIVE ON A LAKE WITH OUT WATER?
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • ORMA HENDERS
    • Comments
    • PLEASE KEEP THE WATER LEVEL UP!!!!!!
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Kevin Baker
  • Mack Howell
    • Comments
    • Property owner
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Kathy Howell
    • Comments
    • property owner
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Melody Howell
    • Comments
    • home owner
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Betty Callahan
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Bonnie Bobango
    • Comments
    • 79 Bream Rd.
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Larry Cox
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • P.L. Lewis
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Gail Cox
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Becky Sechrest
  • Blair Graber
    • Comments
    • Please raise water level
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Michael Ray
  • Allen Queen
    • Zip Code
    • 74328
  • Rene Graber
    • Comments
    • what good is a lake with no water
    • Zip Code
    • 38016
  • Mark & Janet Hill
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • Thomas N. Eddins III
    • Zip Code
    • 72348
  • joseph bird
    • Zip Code
    • 38016
  • Daniel Bird
    • Zip Code
    • 38117