The tank known as Purola Lake full on July 21, 2007.
Extreme drought level on July 29, 2009. (Compare dead tree in box with above photo.)
The Drought of 2006 in N. Hays County
The springs of upper Deadman's Creek ceased to contribute enough to keep the creek flowing.
The far end of Purola Lake on 16 August 2006.
Purola Lake was lower at the end of the summer than ever before in the 30 years that we had been observing it.
But things got much worse in the spring/summer of 2009.