Bulkheads, Seawalls & Retaining Walls
Bank stabilization and retaining structures on private ground above the government line — galvanized steel, vinyl, FRP composite and heavy timber, matched to the soil and the drainage behind them.
Lakes We Serve · Navarro County, TX
Bulkheads, retaining walls and marine work at Navarro Mills Lake.
This is not a private-boathouse lake. The land around the water belongs to the Corps of Engineers, and most of the private ground beyond it carries a flowage easement. Here is what that actually allows — and where a marine builder still earns his keep.
Find the Line Before You Buy
The Corps owns the land around this lake.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, holds the ground around Navarro Mills Lake, and the private land beyond it is largely flowage-easement land — privately owned, but restricted. The lake office is at 1175 FM 667 in Purdon, 254-578-1431.
The Corps' own advice to anyone considering a tract here is blunt and worth repeating: locate the flowage-easement line before you purchase. People buy what looks like waterfront, then discover that the part they wanted to build on is not theirs to build on. Establishing that line is where Shoretech starts on ground like this, and it costs far less than finding out afterward.
A second rule catches commercial plans in particular — conducting any business on government property requires specific written permission from the District Engineer. If your idea involves charging anyone for anything at the water's edge, that permission is the project's real starting line. And if you have heard that some part of this shoreline is designated for private facilities, verify it with the lake office in Purdon; that determination belongs to the Corps' shoreline management plan, not to hearsay.
Where the Work Is
What a marine contractor is genuinely useful for here.
Erosion control on ground you own, repairs to structures that already carry approval, and commercial or public facilities.
Repair of Existing Permitted Structures
Rebuilding an approved structure within its original footprint, with the substructure and load path brought up to standard.
Marina & Public Facilities
Marina structures, ramps and public access work — the category the water-side facilities on this lake fall into.
Precision Dredging
Silt and sediment removal at a marina or channel, with material pumped for reuse rather than trucked off site.
Know the Water
Muddy water in oak and pecan country.
About 5,000 acres on Richland Creek in the Trinity River basin, roughly 20 miles west of Corsicana and about 49 feet deep at the dam.
Vegetation is sparse apart from some floating pondweed and cattails, and there is heavy submerged timber through the upper end — the sort of bottom that makes barge access and pile placement a planning problem rather than an afterthought. The water-side facilities are one marina at Liberty Hill Park and four Corps ramps: Oak, Liberty Hill, Wolf Creek and Brushie Prairie.
Normal fluctuation is about four feet around a conservation pool of 424.5 feet above mean sea level. The lake was built to take flood water off the eastern and southern parts of Navarro County and to supply Corsicana, and the Trinity River Authority holds the conservation-pool water rights that serve Corsicana and the surrounding Navarro County towns. A structure near a flood-control pool gets designed for the flood, not the average.
Service Area
Towns around Navarro Mills.
Shoretech is based in Trinity, and Dave travels as far as necessary for the right project.
Communities we serve from this lake
- Corsicana
- Dawson
- Purdon
- Blooming Grove
- Frost
- Hillsboro
What people call about
- Bank erosion and washouts
- Retaining walls on private ground
- Repairing an approved structure
- Marina and ramp work
- Channel and slip dredging
- Timber bridges on private land
Not sure whether your ground is above the easement line? That is exactly the call to make before you spend money on anything else. Dave will tell you plainly what your tract supports.
Questions We Hear
Navarro Mills Lake FAQ.
Can I put a boathouse on Navarro Mills Lake?
The Corps holds the land around the lake and the private ground beyond it is largely flowage-easement land, so this is not a private-boathouse lake. Anyone quoting you a boathouse here should be able to show you the approval that makes it possible.
I am looking at buying waterfront near the lake. What should I check first?
Locate the flowage-easement line — that is the Corps' own advice to prospective buyers. It determines what part of the tract you can build on, and it should be settled before the purchase, not after.
I want to run a business at the water. Is that possible?
Conducting any business on government property requires specific written permission from the District Engineer. Start with the lake office at 1175 FM 667 in Purdon, 254-578-1431, and build the plan around what that permission allows.
What about erosion on my own land?
That is the most common productive project around a lake like this. Retaining walls, bulkheads and bank stabilization on ground you own are core Shoretech work — we establish the easement line first, then design to it.
Will Shoretech travel to Navarro County?
Yes. Navarro Mills is inside the working footprint across Texas and western Louisiana, and Dave regularly travels for the right project. Call and describe the site.
Nearby Water
Other lakes in this stretch of the Trinity basin.
Start With a Conversation
Have ground at Navarro Mills Lake?
Tell Dave where the easement line falls, what the bank is doing, and what you want to accomplish. You will get a straight answer about what is buildable — including when the answer is no.