The real footage of Canyon Lake, Texas as of 5-3-24.

Camera crews keep setting up at the top of the dam. This is the footage of how bad it really is and why. All these views, and I just realized the thumbnail had a spelling error, and nobody commented. It's fixed now. Holy smokes 😆. #canyonlaketexas #comal county #guadaluperiver #heelerdadadventures

[@jamesbueker11]

It’s definitely not a product of cycle of life. It’s a product of unbridled development with no eye toward consequences. Every county, the state and all the folks in between could care less about the Texas water table. Build, build, build. Tax, tax, tax. Every beautiful water hole I used to swim in is now dry. It’s sad and it’s a shame. The culprits are still in office. When I went to UT we used to take a country drive to Salt Lick. It’s all houses and businesses now. Uncontrolled growth is the reason, not a natural cycle

[@heelerdadadventures]

You nailed it.

[@jimmyaber5920]

I'm in North Texas and the cities growing up around here are trying as hard as they can to make this Texafornia. The overgrowth beyond what infrastructure, hydrology, and aquifers can support will lead to regulations and then people might figure what leads to California laws.

[@kris10jameson]

Yet all of these central Texas towns are building new houses and schools and shopping centers as fast as they can. I’m so sick of watching the places I live and love ruined by greed. Wimberley, San Marcos and Canyon Lake are being sold off to the highest bidder and there are plenty of northerners and people from California swarming in to buy it all up. Our old way of life out here is gone.

[@loriebolton980]

Utah growth is stupid crazy!!! No more room for anything. Especially in Utah County 😢

[@user-um1rn7yz1p]

Here In SW Florida The Construction Is At Full Steam , I Grew Up In Idaho But Moved To Florida In 77 Everywhere You Look New Plazas , Apartment Buildings , Gated Comunities, Golf Courses Goung Up The Traffic In My Town , I've Noticed Has Gotten A Lot Worse , You Also Nkow Florida Is A Hot Place Lots Of Water Is Being Used To Water These Comunities , Most Have There Own Lakes , When They Use Water It's From Their Own Lakes , Which Usually Get Replenished During Rainy Season , But Everyone Else Uses City Water , Alot OfNew Home Out Of City Limits Use Wells , But How Long Until That Gose Dry , I See A Lot Os Farm Land Turn Into Housing , It's Greed , How Long Until All The Natural Resources Are Depleted. This Governor Says They Wants To Make It Florida A Bussines Welcoming State With Few Restrictions, All That Has Consuqences, Short Term , Money To Be Made , Long Term The Damage To Natural Resources Last Forever.

[@jrandall2375]

As a life long Texan, I hate what has happened to our beautiful state.

[@commonsensewisdom5561]

You can’t blame anybody but yourself for what is happening to your state. I am moving to new Braunfels Texas to get away from the liberal mindset. I thought surely you wouldn’t be having the rainbow parade in this town and you sure as hell do and I’m not even there and I can imaginethat there are even further things that are mimicking that very thing that I’m running from however I did find a home that’s affordable and unfortunately I’m in a situation where I have to purchase a home for my retirement before it’s out of reach

[@aresjerry]

Thanks Boomers

[@benwheeler4223]

@@aresjerryBoomers?! Hardly. Cali poopers who have migrated and brought their pestilence with them.

[@cavalierfan2008]

Blame golf courses

[@georgeholder5076]

I'm in So.Tx. , and I have no problen knocking over *For Sale* signs and telling city folks they should stay in the city , and not move to the country --- They'll just set up an HOA and bring the city with um

[@cbarker1496]

You are providing a public service by presenting this water crisis. Thank you !

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thank you, I realized a few months ago how many people thought that river was flowing into the lake. I'll keep checking it and post a new video when she starts running. Then, a video of how beautiful the river is up above the lake. Our boat ramp looks like a field. It's at the end of the video I posted today.

[@cbarker1496]

@@heelerdadadventures I would like to see MORE emphasis about CONSERVATION of water (and natural resources in general) from news media and local government officials. This is about basic human survival. Mother Nature is not concerned by anyone's politics.

[@cbarker1496]

I've got neighbors still sucking up 15,000 gallons for their pool, and then complaining they had to pay MORE. Ungrateful idiots.

[@rodneypratt4324]

Bullshit it always gets dry in texas

[@JestusLeemer]

@@cbarker1496 gratitude is for gifts, not services provided at a cost Mr. Barker

[@kentuckwhite6701]

The Guadalupe is mostly spring fed, which is why the water is so cold year around. The aquifers have been dropping steadily, and a couple of decades ago they were worried about too much ground water being removed since even at that time the river levels dropped to all time recorded lows. As more water is removed from the aquifers, the river will continue to dry up. Floods and rains will fix the problems temporarily, but not permanently, as it takes hundreds of years to replenish the deep water levels.

[@Tejasjames]

It's the depth that it comes out of the dam, 56 degrees +- year round. Springs contribute some

[@kentuckwhite6701]

@@Tejasjames The dam was not there 200 years ago, and the water was very cold back then, because it was spring fed, same as today.

[@thorenshammer]

You are correct, most of the natural springs that the Hill Country was known for, have stopped running some years back. It's one big city from San Antonio to Round Rock, with maybe brief brakes where you see just a few houses, but more houses and businesses going in by the day. The same thing is happening around most of the large cities in Texas. Several cities to the east of Dallas are now classified as suburbs. Just as Katy, TX is now considered a suburb of Houston. In north Texas, Reservoirs fed by rain water are our only source of drinking water. Down there, there is an over reliance on the Edwards Aquafer system, which hasn't fully recharged in a long time. There has been talk for some time about building dieselization plants on the gulf coast and piping the purified water into the Edwards Aquifer system and other aquifers in the region. Of course, that would drive the cost of water up for the users down there, but it beats going without water.

[@kentuckwhite6701]

@@thorenshammer One horrible waste of ground water is here west of Houston, people from the cities with more money than brains, are buying land out in the country, then they build 'lakes' on top of hills, then keep them full year around with ground pumps. Sad at how people will waste water just to have a place to show everyone...

[@davidjackman5773]

@@kentuckwhite6701 How do you know the water was cold 200 years ago? Was it cold in Victoria? Was it cold near the Gulf?

[@markcarey8374]

Thank you Sir for taking the time to make this video. I can't find any real data on any of the lakes anymore until now. ✌️

[@heelerdadadventures]

That's why I did it. I had people in New Braunfels this weekend who thought the river was still flowing into the lake. Definitely not talked about until i did this. I'm going to keep updating it on the channel.

[@dr.markevers8331]

The primary purpose of this lake (and the Highland lakes and Lake Medina) is to help prevent massive flood waves from flooding cities like New Braunfels, Austin, and San Antonio in a region known as Flash Flood Alley. Secondary uses are surface water supply and recreational activities. The Hill Country and Edward’s Plateau are in a multi-year drought, so Canyon, Buchanan, Travis, and Medina are all low. Like we just saw on Stillhouse, Belton, and Whitney (earlier in the year) it just takes one or two major rain events for these lakes to fill. Even Buchanan added over 100,000 acre feet of water with the latest rain event last week. Hopefully more rain will fall and fall further south before we get into the hot summer! Great video. I enjoyed seeing that old shooting range! Cool stuff! Keep it up!

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thank you. It would help if the powers at be would let it stay 5 or 6 feet above normal pool. it would give us a cushion for all the water consumption coming out of it. But when you can only let so much out and in 2002 it was coming in at 65,000 CFS. That would be the major concern going over the spillway again, flooding downstream.

[@Waderader]

​@heelerdadadventures but the dam is not for water to drink.... it is for flood prevention. Too many people are moving into areas that don't have stable natural water supplies. This is being exacerbated by climate change but man there are at least 300000 more households relying on Canyon for water than the were when you moved there 27 years ago. This is the most predictable problem ever, the only sad part is that we keep building out there making it worse.

[@detyelram2819]

So fuck me then since I get water from the lake? Right? The problem is the extensive track home development. The entire are should be reserved for ranching and *some* large track development imo.

[@robertstone5747]

Medina Lake is an irrigation lake.

[@user-go1xr3oy4l]

There is no leadership in our county government. The GBRA sold half the normal rain runoff harvest to all the communities. There is no plan for new water resources. My husband has lived here on the shoreline for 42 years. This is sad.

[@xxZerosumxx]

When the subject of water conservation pops up, everyone says we don't need it. The day the water runs out, they will pout.

[@heelerdadadventures]

We 100% need it.......

[@DirtyDeeds65]

I lived outside of Comfort Texas back in the 70's and I remember the Guadalupe River not flowing for several years. Then in 1978 a major flood corrected all that and it will again. It's all just a matter of time.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Seeing the hurricane forecast, it might just happen.

[@keithjurena9319]

Major floods were 1978, 1987, 1992 and 2002. 1987 Canyon Lake filled to within inches of emergency spillway. 2002 spilled over 8 feet, first time since filling in 1964.

[@cbarker1496]

@@keithjurena9319 I lived in New Braunfels, Texas since 2000. I remember the 2002 and others.

[@keithjurena9319]

@@cbarker1496 1997 was somewhat impressive but fall of 1998 flood was downstream of Canyon Dam so no control. 18" rain over 2 days time.

[@NTATchannelNickTaylor]

@@keithjurena9319 in 98 I thought I was going to lose everything. less than a mile off the Guadalupe in Seguin.

[@wayneware9077]

Been getting my feet wet, fishing, diving, and snorkeling in Canyon since 1963! The problem is population growth, super size properties being built many over 4000 ft.² and these people wasting water. Also, it doesn’t help when you have three giant culverts coming out of the lake at North Crans Mill! They are also selling water from Canyon Lake. I know this for a fact , after talking with a council person in Bandera Texas that needed water for the community. It’s not just the drought.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I was shocked to see, and I shot a video of it. They have gone to SIX- 6 Intakes. Unbelievable....Not counting the ones we can't see at Comal Park.

[@Painintheknee]

Yes the people moving in don’t realize there is still a limit on the water you can use even if you are on a well. The people living there all get the water from the same water source.

[@chancellor170]

I support 300% Income Tax on people moving from California To Texas. Annually !

[@samuelhadley5556]

👆 I approve this message.👆🤔🤠👍⭐🇺🇲

[@GTOHawg]

Yee-haw

[@hatersgonnahateyo]

the democrats. some of us came to help keep Texas red. but I'm in the piney woods of east texas, few californians out this way

[@gearmeister]

Those Cali migrators should pay our taxes for a period of 2 years after illegally migrating from "the land of Nuisance" 🤣🤣🤣

[@wrdyke]

Yeah that's how we always get it out here in the Hill country you know we need some good rain upstream. Over the past 20 years or so I've seen it happen twice where we get some really good flooding upstream and literally overnight it fills the lakes all up and destroys most anything in its path. I live on lake Travis which is not a constant level lake so our lake is down, it's about 36% full. Most boat ramps are closed.

[@bryantwhittaker6086]

I live in the area.... so sad that the lake is at the lowest point it has ever been. Too many straws trying to suck out of it...😢

[@heelerdadadventures]

Fixing to go run the lake and video those straws. I really want to see where the pipes are sitting on the pumping station on Lakeshore Dr. You can see from the video that area is getting pretty narrow.

[@michelemcintyre9749]

Thank you for posting this. Our house overlooks boat ramp one. Been here 43 years, this is DEF the worst/ lowest its ever been... ever:(

[@heelerdadadventures]

I am going to go back out mid next week and run around the lake again. I had to hug the shoreline under your neighborhood when I was filming the lake video. That northern came in that day. They are are some really cool rock areas below the spillway and around to the ramp, showing up. Check out the lake video. One of the pictures is below your area. I couldn't believe it but you can make out the river channel through the middle of the lake to Comal Park, tops of Cypress trees showing up.

[@WindsurferHD]

Not enough rain combined with to many people.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Nailed it......

[@jonmccauley6490]

The months of April and May are when we see the major rains to fill the river. The Guadalupe all the way up to Kerrville has not seen a good rain in over 2 years. The lake loses less than a foot a month, and without any rain in 2 years........=22ft. It's just bad luck that a good storm hasn't set itself over the sweet spot. Most other areas of Texas have been blessed. These small fast moving storms won't cut it.

[@heelerdadadventures]

100% nailed it..........

[@Texaspatriot1300]

Thanks for sharing . We sold our lake house three years ago. Really enjoyed our time there.

[@arneysrackangast7140]

Reflect on this fact: Canyon Lake was completely full just over 2 years ago (Dec '21 - Jan '22). It's dropped 23 feet in 2.5 years. That's crazy, and I wonder if that is a first for that amount of loss. Seems to me it has to be growth related. I hope no more water rights have been granted / sold because Canyon Lake obviously can't support it, the way it looks. I remember when San Antonio was considering buying water from Canyon Lake. I don't know how that ended up. It's not just a function of local usage, but also usage throughout the Guadalupe River basin.

[@heelerdadadventures]

100% usage. We dropped a foot in January, how in January????? We gained it back from rain but that foot is gone again.

[@jjfromtexas586]

I'm going to make a bold prediction that we'll soon see a lot of rain and flooding. I remember the late 90's flooding. Sad to see Canyon, Travis, and Medina the way they are.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I am thinking the same thing. It's coming.......

[@SeamusDewaneUnity_Dew]

Can’t forget Buchanan

[@Youtubehandle.]

The water was running over the spillways, very loud.

[@chadzeringue7996]

Not gonna happen this year bud read your farmers almanac... Hot extremely dry record temperature is what I read. Only hope for a flood is probably from a hurricane.

[@tomcat8662]

It’s crazy that it hasn’t already happened. We’ve already had one of the wettest springs ever here in northeast Texas.

[@rts3613]

Canyon and Travis, both are drying up. We've had a lot of rain, just not where you need it. Major flooding in Houston, every lake full in north Texas, but that part of the state can't catch a break. Hopefully ya'll are getting some this mother's day weekend.

[@leestanphill1]

I grew up on the Guadalupe a few miles downstream from that bridge. My dad sold his house there in 2020. It will end in a major flood. 15-20" of rain up on the divide between Hunt & Mountain Home should do the trick. When it's really blowing you can run a jet ski from there up to sisterdale.

[@markpashia7067]

Since the Guadalupe is mostly spring fed, I think that you won't really recover until the water table recovers. Rains will fill it but it will go right back down if the water table is too low. Constant cycles of too much or too little when you rely on rainfall while they pump the water table to nothing. Water table capacity should control property development if you want stable water but that is not the Texas way is it? Make a fast unregulated buck and move on fast. Such a shame for such a pretty area.

[@garyfriedrick9941]

I'm from Gonzales by way of San Antonio, one of those German families you mentioned. Thanks for the look.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Pretty awesome. Thanks for watching....

[@MagDumpGuns]

Thanks for the video! I grew up closer to Medina lake and Canyon was always the more sure place to go in times of drought. This drought has been another level though along with all the development. We really only go to the coast now for water recreation. Much better fishing than lakes around here. But there is something special about being in the lake/river.

[@heelerdadadventures]

We do exactly the same. 👍

[@vahnlewis9749]

As in Arizona and other western states, there are two problems: less water and more people.

[@sandspike2929]

I saw a water conservation video many years ago that said someday water in Texas will be more expensive than oil.

[@funsmasher7018]

I had some hella good times at that lake in the 1980s, from Comal Park, to tubing the mighty Guadalupe...good times.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Some awesome times at Comal Park in the 80's.😂 It's not the way you remember it. We would all go to jail, if we tried to pull what we did back then. 😅

[@sgholt]

@@heelerdadadventures we picked up cans and the Ranger let us go..... :)

[@MrN75nokia]

Me too

[@mickeywhite7878]

Comal Park used to be almost like the coast at spring break, wild!

[@jimmyjones4095]

Maybe to give you a little hope up north of Amarillo our Lake Meredith was down to under 20ft and we were not able to get water out of it. This was during our big drought in 2010. When we received 2 inches of rain. We soon after several years of suffering we got 20 some inches in a matter of months. The lake filled to 65 ft and the later filled to 75 ft. Good luck.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thank you, I bet we definitely end up with some tropical weather system this year, from the predictions I have seen. My niece lives outside Plainview. They talk about that lake often.

[@RolandDuck-nv1gr]

I’ve been around that late for 60 years and I’ve never seen it like that. Thanks for your video.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Your welcome, since the 70's for Me and living here 27 years. It's depressing....

[@mickeywhite7878]

My Waverunner sure misses those epic days at Comal Park. Please rain, come and come hard and steady

[@heelerdadadventures]

Lots of fond memories as a teenager there.

[@jackandblaze5956]

A huge amount of development upstream in Boerne is sucking all the water out of the river and aquifer. Ranches are being sold off to developers at an alarming rate! The river is still fat in Kerrville and Centerpoint. Boerne is now becoming a huge suburb of San Antonio. Development in Boerne is the PROBLEM!

[@grahamman80]

It's been a long time since I could float the upper part of the river without dragging ass the whole time. Unfortunately, he's right. Only way it really changes is a major flood event.

[@fishing4dinner]

Every drought ends w a flood. Welcome to central Texas y’all

[@heelerdadadventures]

Let's hope not a bad one, lots of development not respecting the terrain. Especially around us.

[@fishing4dinner]

@@heelerdadadventures x2!

[@prattacaster]

Thanks Joe!!

[@__-pl3jg]

Cool. If there was a road and a fence line, you should take a metal detector out there. You might find some old relics cast off to the side of the road.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I have been asking around. My just have to buy a good one. I have some pretty cool cans I have found walking around recently.

[@themjohnsons]

Great video. Glad someone is talking about it.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Stay tuned, I have some feelings to hurt and some things to expose. This has been our home and backyard for 27 years. I know the flows and what happens more than most. That pretty grass on 281 across the bridge over the river is next. I just have to get a shot of the intake pipes in the river. If you know, you know. 😅

[@glenboyer6258]

Used to canoe from my grandma's in Riverwood to Canyon Lake, then hike from the dam to the otherside, us cousins would then go from there to my grandfathers lakehouse on Mcqueeny. Canoeing, fishing, camping now it is all ruined.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

You aren’t kidding about the irresponsible boaters out there. My wife and I have had a pair of jet skis since 2014. The lake was low but still nice back then. It was busy but nothing like it is now. Before the lake level got so bad, we stopped going on weekends. Too many close calls. Too many idiots on jet skis riding way too close, not obeying no wake zones and letting every single family member jump on their jet ski and ride it knowing nothing about them. One of the last times I was there on a weekend, we were waiting to get our skis on the trailer and someone jumped on their jet ski, went full throttle from shore while holding their chihuahua, blasting music and came within 6 feet of us. He was so close his wake splashed us. I put the skis in recently and we rode around to see the state of things. It’s stunningly low. There’s now a hump of exposed land near the dam.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Almost got hit filming the video on the lak, by a jet ski. Funny thing the game warden and our Constable are patrolling that park. Constable saw it and made them come to shore...😅 I wanted to video it, believe me...... I have tried numerous times to get the Corp to mark that hump. Very dangerous at certain levels. Especially running at night. I put a rock buoy there years ago. A few days later, it was taken away. I was going to film on that hump but way too windy for audio..

[@derekedge2089]

98 October flood was insane. I now know why the Olmos flood Basin has a dam.

[@mickeywhite7878]

It was something to see, for sure, that ‘98 flood

[@heelerdadadventures]

98 and 2002, I wish I had taken pictures back then. I tell the people that have moved here recently about it. Better respect mother nature I tell them..

[@rarebreed-wj3ov]

Harvey!!! That storm produced 52" of rain. My area from Drought to heavy Tornadoes and 12" of rain in a week. Parts of my area got 12" of rain in one night. Drought Sux.

[@blessedmamags7796]

I was going to mention hurricanes bring water

[@byronedwards8157]

Subscribed. I grew up on the Guadalupe and never saw that shooting range. Excellent reporting! There’s a lot we can do to dig in and preserve water down that channel.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Just posted a short from today. Not sure why people think it's flowing. Hope I made it clear in under a minute. 😆 Thanks for subscribing.

[@HaroldSarate]

i'm in my 60's. My buddies and i used to canoe and kayak from north of bergheim to rebecca creek. Water was always a good 400 cfs flow (i remember going once when it was 900 CFS. Over development and draught have left this just a memory.

[@Fallschrimjaeger]

Schützenverein, they’re still very popular in Germany. Most are indoor high powered air rifle ranges now. Targets are scaled to approximate range.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I am trying to find the history of it. Proving to not be easy.

[@MsKatydid2012]

I'm so sorry to see that. Thank you for sharing! I will pray for water restoration for your lake, Lake Travis, and Lake Medina. Belize?! That'll be a wonderful break from this heartbreaking scene. I am from Houston. I moved to Austin in 1983. I remember being so worried about the drought 10 yrs. ago (?) when Lake Travis got super low. I believe we've passed that level. I'm hanging on by my fingernails to afford to stay in Austin. Yes, Greed has so much to do with all this. God Bless Texas! We need to gather in large numbers to fight for what we need and for what is the right thing to do for those barely hanging on. But also for those that have loved this state and have poured their heart and soul into their homes, land, family, and community. Can't the county dredge that dry area so the Guadalupe can flow again?

[@heelerdadadventures]

I am going to check it tomorrow to see if it started flowing and hike up stream a bit. We went to Caye Caulker. Unbelievable videos to come..

[@patrickperry3007]

Stayed in an air bnb on the South side last September and thought the water level was low then! Fished and swam there a lot as a kid, thanks for the update.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thanks for the positive comment. 😊 Pray for lots of rain.....

[@N4DJC]

I was there twice in 1998. One of the most beautiful spots in the US, clear limestone river.. Trout during the winter, Guadalupe bass in the summer.

[@JW-fq1pp]

Had no idea it was that bad. Last time we were out there was about 10 or so years ago, there was good flow into the lake then.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Lots of water usage from the lake and upstream. No rain definitely isn't helping, but we dropped a foot in January and got it back with rain. But losing a foot In winter shows how much is going out through the pumping stations around the lake.

[@NObucketLIST]

This area of Texas has been drying up for the past 20 years. The Blanco River near Wimberley has been just a "wash" for some time. No flow. Very concerning. Lucky to have seen it flow in the 80s.

[@MrJim5280]

Do you remember Little Arkansas when you were a kid?

[@NObucketLIST]

@@MrJim5280 No, I am only familiar with the area around Wimberley and San Marcos because we had family that lived there. I grew up in the EastTX Pineywoods. I still love to visit the area and swim in the clear streams and rivers. Hope we can still enjoy the Guadalupe for the rest of my days at least. 👍 Texas took a real hit with the drought of 2011-12, and has never recovered.

[@MrJim5280]

@@NObucketLISTit was an area on the Blanco near Wimberley. I remember swimming there 40 years ago. The water was so clear that you could watch turtles and fish in 10 feet of water. It used to be accessible by paying a small fee for daily access. Some super wealthy attorney from Houston bought the property and now only he gets to enjoy it. I would assume that it has gone dry as well, but I would think that the owner pumps ground water to keep it filled.

[@NObucketLIST]

@@MrJim5280 Wow. Guess we are blessed at least for a blink of an eye in this life. Nice to have stories to tell and memories to enjoy. 👍

[@martinhogan5970]

Very informative!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thank you

[@JayLee-ht6rq]

Grew up around that Lake. My dad had a lake house in the Canyon Lake Estates subdivision backed up by the old 7/11 Ranch and Crainsmill Road

[@heelerdadadventures]

I sure miss when it was the 7/11. We are up the river. I was in the middle of the cove on old Cranesmills Mill road in this video. Did you catch that? I couldn't believe it.

[@jmccOutdoors]

That sucks man. Was a beautiful lake and area too

[@heelerdadadventures]

Yep, it does. We just need it to rain and a bunch in the right area.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

Thanks for the video! I wonder that there was no mention of the aquifer underneath all this. Also, this is the third year that New Braunfels has sold water to Kyle (due to so much development). 🤔

[@Moonsprouts]

Heartbreaking 💔

[@josefantasticville]

Wow super low have not been in two years. Guess I will go check the Joint Base Side. Thanks for the tour

[@heelerdadadventures]

It's insane, there is an island out in front of Jacob's Creek or the park at the end of the road. I can't keep up with the name changes I call them what they were for years 😅. Out from the boat ramps. I am going to shoot some more footage. I am really upset how Randolph's Marina looks. I spent my childhood playing on the Marina and in that park. It basically just needs demolished.

[@davidnorth3411]

It’s a piece of paradise, theirs alot of box canyons that feeds the G . As a boy it was my summer backyard for 2 weeks . Waltonia is still their , near Ingram , stay a night or a few weeks in their cabins and soak in the air and the river . It’s been their since the 30s 40s

[@heelerdadadventures]

We spend a lot of time in Centerpoint, Kerrville, and Ingram. Our boat will definitely be there this summer. It's built specifically for shallow river running.

[@hamrepair3815]

Development and surrounding communities are using water faster than what is being replenished over the past 6 years. 2021 was the only year the lake went up due to weather system. Unless demand decreases, it will continue to drop. It is now at a record low.

[@mikeelliott4155]

Your right , have you seen the size of the subdivisions being built around New Braunfels ... A LOT of water being used

[@timlewis6660]

Interesting video, thank you. My parents had a cabin built in what was then Canyon Lake Shores, basically where Crane's Mill Road came in to the North side of the lake off of hwy 306. Hwy 306 dead-ended into a big ranch (7-11?) that cut it off from hwy 281. They built the cabin before the dam was built to form the lake. My mom finally sold the cabin in the early 2000s. I recognize some of the shoreline in the video, but I'm sad that the lake has reached this state. Thanks again for the video.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Check out the next video. I drove the boat up to the old structure that was on the 7/11. Pretty amazing. Might have to walk it, if I don't get chased off by Mystic Shores security.

[@morganwoolverton8976]

Please do a video on Medina lake

[@gearmeister]

I appreciate you showing us this. (I'm just south of you about 65 miles) and I'm concerned for you & I've visited your area many times, especially Wimberley which I love.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Your welcome, more to come. Check out the lake Video, if you haven't already some pretty interesting stuff.

[@dankjankings7339]

Don't forget that the oilfield everyone loves so much in Texas takes billions of gallons of fresh water to fracture these wells everyday.

[@CG-CowgirlGeek]

And after it's been used for fracking, it's toxic waste... can't ever be recycled back into usable water. But yah... renewable energy is bad topic to most Texans. 🙄

[@dankjankings7339]

@CG-CowgirlGeek Well until everyone wakes up and realizes that the government only takes sides of whoever is giving them the most kickback and both sides use us as pawn in their sick little brainwashing campaigns. It will be either yes or no vehemently. We can't use any common sense to solve any problems.

[@virtual]

I just subbed 👍🏻 Texas brother. Thank you for the info idk

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thanks, I'll am thinking about putting the boat in and getting a perspective from the lake. We only have two ramps left to use.

[@Roughneckmechanic1033]

Lived around canyon lake 6ish years, left in ‘21. sad to see it like this

[@devinhaan]

Canyon lake local here. I remember when that river flowed like crazy. I've seen it flood terribly but have never seen it dry for this long! I checked last weekend 5/18/24 and we had 58.1% capacity

[@heelerdadadventures]

At 58%, I am getting a ton of comments we are good, that's not bad. Those people definitely don't live here or use our lake. The Cypress tree tops are showing up on the river bed in the middle of the lake. The neighbor found that map, I had to study it to see it, definitely river bed. About at Jacob's Creek Park or whatever it's called now. I can't keep up with ramp #'s and park name changes. 😅 I hope people visiting this weekend are running aluminum props. 😅

[@joeleggett9138]

It’s a sad sight for sure. The Guadeloupe river will never flow as it use to. Canyon in my opinion will eventually dry up to levels as what we’re seeing over at Medina lake.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I'm definitely afraid of that. Doesn't look good....

[@waynemurphy7394]

Too much development , too many people in a normally dry part of the state . Ten gallons into the aquifers from rain & twenty gallons pumped out . There are arid places all over the world that depleted the water source & lost the use of the land .

[@emickkart25]

i lived on stage coach road on the south side of the lake in the early 90’s and its sad to see how empty the lake is. I wonder how low the lake has to be to see the rumored airport that is supposed to be at the bottom?

[@8arrows]

The largest lobbyist currently is the real estate association! Over developing is drying up all the springs, aquifers, creeks, and rivers. In every state.

[@heelerdadadventures]

1000% correct. When is enough- enough. GREED

[@jamessimpson3232]

It will never recover. Too much non stop development. The New Braunfels Canyon Lake area used to be quiet and scenic. Not anymore. Very Sad.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I agree. It will probably always be low. Hopefully, it's not this low...

[@aresjerry]

Too many entitled boomers selling theirs childrens inheritance for a cushy retirement

[@sugarpuddin]

Golf courses and large new luxury homes sucked up the water

[@heelerdadadventures]

There is definitely a course on the river pulling from it. Future video content..

[@CampWhiskey]

Thanks for the video. Hope the recent rains have helped.

[@heelerdadadventures]

No significant rain in our region. Still no flow. 😢

[@RoccoTerenzio]

Just became your 888th subscriber 🤙🏽

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thank you, brother. We had an awesome time. We need to get together soon somewhere.

[@bobs-rocks]

Sad state are they still selling water to san antonio?

[@jbusta8548]

Also all those water wells that were drilled in Leesville and Nixon that are supplying San Antonio TX with water

[@heelerdadadventures]

I bet so. There is a tie-in at 281/46. I have been out of the utility business for a while. I do know CLWSC is supplying water down to the neighborhoods around fm1863.

[@debrecio8150]

Canyon Lake is not natural. It's actually a reservoir created for drinking consumption. People are upset that they can't boat but they should be worried we won't be drinking water soon.

[@Atheist66644]

now you all got a chance to clean the swamp up

[@mickeywhite7878]

Nah, we use God fearing Atheists for that

[@joshuarogers8690]

I live up the road. Our lake is hurting also. Is there a way the state can clean up the mess of excess rock in the river bed to get the water flowing again?

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

It's amazing the difference a few hours down 35 makes. Lakes Lewisville, Ray Hubbard, and Lavon are all 100% full after the wet spring we've had in DFW. I sure hope you guys get some steady rain soon.

[@heelerdadadventures]

It's crazy, we watch every where in Texas get rain but our region.

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

@@heelerdadadventures It sucks. My homebrew club goes to the hill country at least once a year to hit all the breweries down your way (especially around Dripping Springs) we even camp out at North Park on Canyon Lake. It'll be sad to see the lake so low.

[@markjackson8302]

Well one thing that needs to be kept in mind is there's tree trunks where you are. That was dry at one time. Cycle of life.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Yep, forsure.

[@Roughneckmechanic1033]

It’s a man made lake, it was dammed I think in the 70’s

[@ronjamski3911]

I'm in Kerrville, the Guadalajara looks good here. I wonder who is taking all the water

[@cavsh00ter]

Guadalupe dang it

[@heelerdadadventures]

We are losing it somewhere between Hwy 281 and that Rebecca Creek Bridge. Flow is minimal at 281.

[@JPEBeard]

Where is the park located? Thanks

[@davidhollfelder9940]

I moved to Central Texas 30 years ago. The Guadalupe river has been as Texas weather “constant drought with occasional floods”. If/when the Guadalupe floods, it’s a torrent.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I live in Comanche county Texas and there are 3 lakes in the county. All are in the worst shape in the history of them. Stop the spraying. Quit jacking with the weather. I just turned 65 and I have NEVER seen it as screwed up as it is now.

[@xxxterm]

I lived in Comanche TX the only lake I know there is Lake Proctor

[@heelerdadadventures]

It's definitely bad. That lake is a water source for a ton of people around here. We are on wells so far we are good.

[@allanc3655]

@@heelerdadadventures Well are drying up the springs that flow into the rivers through creeks and streams. And clear the land of all the cedar trees. We kept our place clear of them with control burns, The newbie think that cedar trees are good and burning is bad. They are wrong

[@Uncletoast52]

The only thing worse is the appraisal office in Comanche.

[@meganl41]

Cedars capture as much as 100 gallons of water per standing foot. They are not indigenous to texas. Wait out the month... we were just inundated with so much water that's got our lakes from the worst drought we have ever seen to flood stage. Highway Bridges were damaged.

[@steveg2406]

Sad, major news outlets claim all of central Texas has been receiving resident complaints of heavy rains. Obviously as shown by non-media sources like yourself area drought continues.

[@heelerdadadventures]

That's exactly why I did it. I have seen several broadcasts from the top of the dam, which shows nothing.....

[@terryrenfroe6753]

I had the Time of My Life on my 63rd birthday 3 years ago camping at canyon lake. The lake was full and beautiful. That video looks like no man's land.

[@heelerdadadventures]

The camping is not the same as the 70's or 80's I remember as a kid in 70's the parks were wall to wall people. I have to check but I think Potters Creek and Cranesmill Mill park are the only over night parks. Other than the military parks. Come back and visit. Glad you had an awesome time.....

[@cavsh00ter]

sorry chap get off the more regulation, to much already stay at homestay away from the lake its a small lake anyhow

[@heelerdadadventures]

If you listened, we have lived here for 27 years. Definitely not staying away.......

[@cavsh00ter]

Got that lived there all my kids went to Smithson vally we lived above boad ramp 1 I still hear the water from the floods going over the spill way wiped sattler off the map actually hope all goes well for you up there my daughter lives in Spring Branch right where you are Have a good day

[@vvgmhod4]

Increasing and denser human population ALWAYS brings more regulation, and necessarily so.

[@jerrydosser7031]

Look for illegal dam’s 😮

[@heelerdadadventures]

Or the golf courses pumping it. I haven't hit that sore subject yet. I'm going to hurt a lot of feelings in our area.

[@marksr12]

I have been to this lake off and on my whole life. I havre not been to Canyon in years, this is absolutely amazing. I remeber our local weatherman saying that climatologist were thinking the desert from west Texas would make it's way to San Antonio in about 50 years. I remember that from about 12 years back on the local news. Yikes!!! Gonna be 100 today and no rain, again!

[@heelerdadadventures]

Lakes going to take a beating this weekend with the heat, forsure.

[@8arrows]

Don’t forget texas also has not just home developing sucking up the water but Texas has 907 golf courses. And still growing.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Stay tuned for that video. I have to dig into a possible purchase of one right by us. By I am definitely exposing one pumping hard out of the Guadalupe River. You see things when your in the utility industry most of your working career 99.9% of the public doesn't get to see.

[@randallford8199]

Who or what is manipulating the weather? 3 guesses!

[@mguerramd]

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Only atheists believe man can control the weather.

[@buckskin64]

Want more water remove the cedar !!!

[@BigBadJohn1892]

the opposite is true

[@tommiejoe7415]

@@BigBadJohn1892 Hey John, i have heard that Cedars soak up a lot of Water. Something about 30 feet and 30 gallons? you say leaving the Cedars will mean more Water?

[@BigBadJohn1892]

@@tommiejoe7415 with the cedars the rain will be absorbed by the ground (down to the aquifer) without the cedars far less rain infiltrates the ground and is lost to runoff. This exacerbates soil erosion. trees are a net gain in water.

[@tommiejoe7415]

@@BigBadJohn1892 Thanks, I did not know that. I'll have to make sure I don't cut down all of my Cedars. I leave the really big ones anyway. I've been doing it primarily to help control a fire if one breaks out.

[@jimross7936]

It's amazing that just 2 hrs drive east every lake is above normal. Lake O the Pines, Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend, Lake Fork, Lake Tawakoni, Caddo, Lake Lavon and Lake Ray Hubbard are gates open letting water out.

[@heelerdadadventures]

It's insane, we cannot get any rain in our region. Not any significant, upto me typing this 5/25/24.

[@txhookey5608]

Wasn't there a big wash out near the Silverleaf timeshare resort about 10 years ago? Can't remember if that was Canyon Lake or another lake but it seemed to wash out a a large containment bank.

[@heelerdadadventures]

No, it's flat as it can be out in front and bone dry. Those beaches are dry. I launched down the road from the Marina had to turn right quick. I am going to shoot some more content, we had that front blow through that day. Lake got real rough and audio was horrible even with my mic.

[@Mr38thstreet]

There is no context for this video. As someone from another region of the US, this video is not understandable.

[@rickpratt8789]

Canyon Lake is north of San Antonio, TX, man made in the 1950s-60s by damming the Guadalupe River.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Doesn't fit in the thumbnail. That's why I used # tags. Thanks, though. I will definitely keep that in mind going forward. Thanks for the comment.

[@fishntools]

It would help if they let the weather go back to "natural". How often do you get to see a blue sky there, when was the last time you seen a natural cloud formation? Pay attention, you'll see the truth in what I say!

[@MissionaryForMexico]

I live here in Texas blue skies all the time!

[@fishntools]

@@MissionaryForMexico Wish I could say the same for Plano,TX?

[@chancellor170]

@@MissionaryForMexico Nope, White skies in Texas, chemtrail banking, aerosol !

[@MissionaryForMexico]

@@chancellor170 I see blue skies in Texas everyday!

[@dwightmurray9763]

Ok I confused now, you telling me somebody controlling the weather. Really what hell are you smoking…..

[@user-ro4zv1ly7n]

Did all the recent rain help any? I was in Houston and we got flooded out

[@heelerdadadventures]

Less than 3/4 inch last week here on the north side of the lake at the river. Flew in and out of Hobby late yesterday. I looked wet. I am going to go check the bridge tomorrow in the previous video.

[@gunner3921]

You are all more than welcome to come by east texas and take a gallon of water home with you. With all of the flooding these past couple of weeks, it's made for a crazy tale.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Sorry that you guys are going through that.

[@TheRaiderCritique]

after that huge storm yesterday. what did it do to the water level now? greetings from killeen texas!

[@heelerdadadventures]

3/4 inch here at the River, North Side of the Lake. Nothing, really 😥... Keeping the grass green.

[@Repoman46]

Seems like a lot of the rain has been north and/or east of the Guadalupe watershed this year. I keep looking at the lake levels online for both Canyon and Medina reservoirs and they're not moving much. East Texas has too much water after last week.

[@heelerdadadventures]

We are not getting any rain worth doing anything in the right areas, for sure. Buchanan climbed some from a person commenting.

[@AndrewCCM]

Subbed. Haven't been down from D/FW in probably 20yrs. It was so beautiful the last I remembered it. Hoping for the best. Enjoyed your video. I'd love to come down and get some footage for my channel one day...Take care!

[@heelerdadadventures]

Thanks so much for the comments. I subscribed to yours also.

[@AndrewCCM]

@@heelerdadadventures thank you!

[@bobmiller5883]

The lake is also fed by some good springs. There is a huge spring to the right of the Guadalupe River across from Cranes Mill marina. And it is in deep water. You also will be getting Guadalupe River water seeping underground into the lake. Some of the issue is who has ownership of the water for discharge downstream. There are several entities with claims.

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

The River authority are bound by contract to release a minimum amount of water to sustain life below the lake. It’s online but I think it’s 60-90 CFS.

[@heelerdadadventures]

Runs through the Hydroelectric plant. 63cfs as of yesterday. Never knew that, well that will always keep the plant running, that definitely was a plan, then for the plant.

[@ranchstockstray8684]

No water. Continual new builds. I live just south of here. The developers have/are going to put us all in crisis as well as those buying what they’re building. I have walked the banks of Rebecca Creek when it flowed. It’s all gone at the sight I visited. Great video.

[@heelerdadadventures]

It's definitely a sad sight.

[@clkb8moto]

What does it look like now? Up here in Bell country our lakes have overfilled in the last 3 weeks.

[@heelerdadadventures]

I shot an update Sunday. It's in my short videos. it actually looks worse.

[@haroldsaxon1075]

I remember when the Guadalupe used to flow. good times. It's been so long

[@thorenshammer]

For many years, before my transfer to the Dallas metroplex due to business, my family and I lived in the Canyon Lake area. First in Starkville, not all that far from the Cranes Mill boat ramp, then in the area around the Turkey Cove boat dock (in fact, less than a city block's walk away). Even then in 2011, just as we were ready for our move to Dallas, Canyon Lake was already showing some distress, as some of the boat ramps were already closed due to a lower lake level. but nowhere near as low as it is today. As a fellow Texan, I will most definitely be praying for you folks down there and, maybe, you can receive another flooding rain the type that rolled through in 2003 and put down over 35 inches of rain in the basin. About the only thing you don't need is another rockslide blocking the inside of the spillway gates of the dam for flood control... That caused too much damage both upstream and downstream along the Guadalupe River, including massive flooding along River Road. Those poor folks can't even receive flood insurance because they are now listed as being in a known flood plain.

[@heelerdadadventures]

The run off is what scares me for everyone below that dam. There is no way to describe how much we have changed in even the last 5 years.

[@thorenshammer]

@@heelerdadadventures From what my daughter says, because she still has friends who live in the Canyon Lake area, the population has more than doubled since we lived there. Sattler is quite a bit larger than what it used to be, and the housing developments all along highway 306 from highway 281 clear to I-35, are insane. I guess that's why the Comal ISD built Canyon Lake HS. They knew that Smithson Valley HS could not handle the growth, as it was originally set up. At one time, all the lake kids went to Smithson Valley HS.

[@heelerdadadventures]

@thorenshammer Sadly, I would say we have way more than doubled. We have definitely exploded in this County.