Gibbons Creek Reservoir, cooling reservoir on Gibbons Creek in Grimes County, Texas, USA

Gibbons Creek Reservoir is a lake in Grimes County, Texas, about 20 miles (32 km) east of College Station, impounded in 1981 on Gibbons Creek in the Navasota River basin. It was built as the cooling reservoir for the Gibbons Creek Steam Electric Station, a 470 MW coal-fired plant on its southwest shore. The plant's tall tan smokestack and an enclosed diagonal conveyor belt feeding a gray and tan main building stand beside the water.

Gibbons Creek Reservoir was impounded in 1981 as a cooling pond for the Gibbons Creek Steam Electric Station, a 470 MW coal-fired plant. The Texas Municipal Power Agency ran the dam and lake, supplying electricity to the municipally owned utilities of Bryan, Denton, Garland and Greenville. The plant shut down in 2018 and was mothballed indefinitely in January 2019 over environmental and cost reasons, chiefly cheap natural gas; TMPA had been trying to sell it since 2016.

The lake features a five-lane boat ramp, a fishing pier, and shoreline fishing spots for easy access to the water. Accessible restrooms are available, and the water level remains stable year-round, making activities possible any time.

The plant's warm-water discharge kept the lake fishable year-round from the 1980s into the 2010s, even when nearby lakes grew too cold in winter. The coal station shut down in 2018 and was mothballed in January 2019, so that warming ended. The reservoir was stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, catfish, tilapia and white and black crappie.