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Directions and Factoids
Directions: From Cooper, east on FM 154, 1549 turn right, corps office on left across the Dam.
From I30 to Sulphur Springs, Exit 127 Loop 301 to 19 North Approx. 10 miles turn left on CR 4795.

Factoid: Jim Chapman Lake (also known as Cooper Lake) is a 19,305 acre impoundment that provides water supply storage for the North Texas Municipal Water District, the Sulphur River Municipal Water District, and the city of Irving. This water supply storage exists in the conservation pool between elevations 415.5 ft msl and 440.0 ft msl. The water intake structure is located on the South shore of the lake, which pulls anywhere from 2.0 million gallons per day of water in the winter months to 5.0 million gallons per day in the summer months.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Services Status
The list below includes Recreation Services Status of USACE managed areas (lines that contain the Corps Castle icon). Others, such as state or private marina operators, run additional parks. Please contact those agencies or individuals for information on the areas they manage.

Open    Partially Open    Closed    Status Unknown

	Area Status
Doctors Creek Park		E G D		X	X		D C	A GS	X	BE	M
Johns Creek Ramp					X		D
South Sulphur Park		E N D	X	X	X		D C P	A GS	X	BE	Q H
Stilling Basin							P	A
Tira Ramp					X		D
Corps Managed Managed by Others in Italics $ Corps Fees Collected