Belton Lake

Several Dive teams began searching Lake Belton Sunday morning for a local man who fell into the lake while fishing overnight.

Belton Lake is now 23 feet above full pool level while Stillhouse Hollow Lake is almost 18 feet above full pool.

Recent heavy rains have prompted closings at area lakes. Below is a list of affected areas around Lake Belton and Stillhouse Hollow Lake.

Belton Lake is currently over 13 feet above full pool level as of 10 a.m. this morning, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That's a lot of water

Temple police have released the name of a Belton High School student who drowned in Lake Belton Monday afternoon.

UPDATE: Crews recovered the body of the missing teen at 3:15 PM. The victim's name had not yet been released as of 3:54 PM.

The City of Belton will begin begin replacing or retrofitting over 6,200 water meters with new automatic reading technology beginning October 19.

Frank Smith's Inc. has reached an agreement with current Pier 36 owner Jeff Lagow that could prevent boats being impounded.

A week after biologists with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality inspected Belton Lake's Pier 36 Marina, test results revealed high levels of E. coli in a water sample.

**This article was published in October of 2013. For a list of flood closures around Belton and Stillhouse Hollow Lakes in June, 2016, click the button below.**