Lake levels guide
Texas lake levels today
Percent full for every major Texas reservoir from the Texas Water Development Board, the statewide total, the lowest and fullest lakes, and what “percent full” actually measures.
Statewide: Texas reservoirs held 71.9% of conservation capacity on Oct 26, 22.69 million of 31.53 million acre-feet, compared with 74.3% a year earlier. Over the past 12 months the statewide figure peaked at 78.3% (Jul 21) and bottomed at 71.2% (Sep 30) (Texas Water Development Board).
Of the 118 reservoirs below, 28 are at least 90% full, 24 are under half full and 13 are under 25%.
Lowest Texas lakes right now
| Lake | % full | Level (ft) | Conservation pool (ft) | vs pool | Storage / capacity (acre-ft) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Duro Reservoir | 0.4% | 2,826.2 | 2,892.0 | −65.8 ft | 223 / 61,066 |
| Twin Buttes Reservoir | 4.3% | 1,894.2 | 1,940.2 | −46.0 ft | 7,802 / 182,454 |
| Greenbelt Lake | 4.4% | 2,606.6 | 2,664.0 | −57.4 ft | 2,610 / 59,968 |
| Lake Abilene | 6.7% | 1,990.8 | 2,012.3 | −21.5 ft | 529 / 7,900 |
| E. V. Spence Reservoir | 9.3% | 1,842.0 | 1,898.0 | −56.0 ft | 47,920 / 517,272 |
| O.C. Fisher Lake | 10.4% | 1,871.8 | 1,908.0 | −36.2 ft | 12,042 / 115,742 |
| Mackenzie Reservoir | 10.8% | 3,018.3 | — | — | 5,015 / 46,450 |
| Oak Creek Reservoir | 13.4% | 1,973.2 | 2,000.0 | −26.8 ft | 5,242 / 39,210 |
| Lake Sweetwater | 16.2% | 2,090.2 | 2,116.5 | −26.3 ft | 1,991 / 12,267 |
| Falcon Reservoir | 20.2% | 260.9 | 301.2 | −40.3 ft | 314,909 / 1,562,367 |
Fullest Texas lakes right now
| Lake | % full | Level (ft) | Conservation pool (ft) | vs pool | Storage / capacity (acre-ft) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Creek Reservoir | 100.0% | 775.4 | 775.0 | +0.4 ft | 151,250 / 151,250 |
| Mountain Creek Lake | 100.0% | 457.7 | 457.0 | +0.7 ft | 22,850 / 22,850 |
| Wright Patman Lake | 100.0% | 224.8 | 224.5 | +0.3 ft | 122,593 / 122,593 |
| Lake Texoma | 99.4% | 616.9 | 618.1 | −1.3 ft | 1,236,726 / 1,243,801 |
| Lake LBJ | 98.6% | 824.8 | 825.0 | −0.2 ft | 111,237 / 112,778 |
| Granger Lake | 98.3% | 503.8 | 504.0 | −0.2 ft | 50,965 / 51,822 |
| Lake Houston | 98.1% | 42.2 | 42.4 | −0.2 ft | 129,812 / 132,318 |
| Moss Lake | 98.0% | 714.6 | 715.0 | −0.4 ft | 23,585 / 24,058 |
| Lake Marble Falls | 97.7% | 736.7 | 737.0 | −0.3 ft | 7,420 / 7,597 |
| Lake Austin | 96.7% | 492.3 | 492.8 | −0.5 ft | 23,189 / 23,972 |
What “percent full” means in Texas
The Texas Water Development Board’s percent full is conservation storage divided by conservation capacity. It counts only the conservation pool, not flood storage, so a lake can read 100% while it is still rising into its flood pool. TWDB’s figures are estimates built from data collected by several providers (TWDB methodology). For the difference between feet and percent, see what full pool means.
Planned drawdowns: the City of Austin cancelled its planned October 12–November 30, 2026 Lake Austin drawdown on September 24, 2026; LCRA says it no longer lowers lakes in winter so its Highland Lakes hydro units stay available for the power grid (City of Austin).
Every reservoir, lowest to fullest
Live data as of Oct 26, 2026. TWDB reports once a day; elevations in feet above sea level.
| Lake | % full | Level (ft) | Conservation pool (ft) | vs pool | Storage / capacity (acre-ft) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Duro Reservoir | 0.4% | 2,826.2 | 2,892.0 | −65.8 ft | 223 / 61,066 |
| Twin Buttes Reservoir | 4.3% | 1,894.2 | 1,940.2 | −46.0 ft | 7,802 / 182,454 |
| Greenbelt Lake | 4.4% | 2,606.6 | 2,664.0 | −57.4 ft | 2,610 / 59,968 |
| Lake Abilene | 6.7% | 1,990.8 | 2,012.3 | −21.5 ft | 529 / 7,900 |
| E. V. Spence Reservoir | 9.3% | 1,842.0 | 1,898.0 | −56.0 ft | 47,920 / 517,272 |
| O.C. Fisher Lake | 10.4% | 1,871.8 | 1,908.0 | −36.2 ft | 12,042 / 115,742 |
| Mackenzie Reservoir | 10.8% | 3,018.3 | — | — | 5,015 / 46,450 |
| Oak Creek Reservoir | 13.4% | 1,973.2 | 2,000.0 | −26.8 ft | 5,242 / 39,210 |
| Lake Sweetwater | 16.2% | 2,090.2 | 2,116.5 | −26.3 ft | 1,991 / 12,267 |
| Falcon Reservoir | 20.2% | 260.9 | 301.2 | −40.3 ft | 314,909 / 1,562,367 |
| Lake J.B. Thomas | 20.4% | 2,226.3 | 2,258.0 | −31.7 ft | 40,804 / 199,931 |
| Choke Canyon Reservoir | 21.2% | 190.6 | 220.5 | −29.9 ft | 140,365 / 662,820 |
| New Terrell City Lake | 23.7% | 493.3 | 504.0 | −10.7 ft | 2,036 / 8,583 |
| White River Reservoir | 27.3% | 2,351.8 | 2,372.2 | −20.4 ft | 8,703 / 31,846 |
| Medina Lake | 27.4% | 1,019.3 | 1,064.2 | −44.9 ft | 69,942 / 254,823 |
| Hubbard Creek Reservoir | 35.7% | 1,166.0 | 1,183.3 | −17.4 ft | 111,792 / 313,298 |
| O. H. Ivie Reservoir | 40.9% | 1,529.0 | 1,551.5 | −22.5 ft | 226,468 / 554,340 |
| Lake Cisco | 42.3% | 1,502.9 | 1,522.5 | −19.5 ft | 12,258 / 29,003 |
| Hords Creek Lake | 44.6% | 1,888.1 | 1,900.0 | −11.9 ft | 3,614 / 8,109 |
| Lake Meredith | 45.0% | 2,891.6 | 2,941.3 | −49.7 ft | 224,857 / 500,000 |
| Champion Creek Reservoir | 45.0% | 2,063.7 | 2,083.0 | −19.3 ft | 18,728 / 41,580 |
| Red Bluff Reservoir | 45.5% | 2,814.7 | 2,828.1 | −13.4 ft | 65,990 / 145,165 |
| Caddo Lake | 45.6% | 167.2 | 168.5 | −1.2 ft | 13,630 / 29,898 |
| Amistad Reservoir | 46.6% | 1,062.9 | 1,117.0 | −54.1 ft | 845,938 / 1,813,408 |
| Lake Colorado City | 52.6% | 2,058.7 | 2,070.2 | −11.5 ft | 16,182 / 30,758 |
| Proctor Lake | 56.6% | 1,156.0 | 1,162.0 | −6.0 ft | 30,996 / 54,762 |
| Lake Weatherford | 59.0% | 888.5 | 896.0 | −7.5 ft | 10,514 / 17,812 |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 61.3% | 153.0 | 164.4 | −11.4 ft | 1,750,449 / 2,857,077 |
| Millers Creek Reservoir | 62.7% | 1,328.5 | 1,334.0 | −5.5 ft | 16,781 / 26,768 |
| Jim Chapman Lake | 64.2% | 434.3 | 440.0 | −5.7 ft | 166,026 / 258,723 |
| Lake Graham | 66.1% | 1,068.1 | 1,075.0 | −6.9 ft | 29,928 / 45,288 |
| Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir | 66.6% | 1,629.0 | 1,635.9 | −6.9 ft | 46,655 / 70,030 |
| Lake Worth | 68.0% | 591.6 | 594.0 | −2.4 ft | 16,602 / 24,419 |
| Lake Arrowhead | 70.1% | 920.8 | 926.0 | −5.2 ft | 161,430 / 230,359 |
| Monticello Reservoir | 71.5% | 334.4 | 340.0 | −5.6 ft | 24,852 / 34,740 |
| Bridgeport Reservoir | 72.0% | 826.7 | 836.0 | −9.3 ft | 267,805 / 372,183 |
| Lake Striker | 72.2% | 290.5 | 293.0 | −2.5 ft | 12,189 / 16,878 |
| Cedar Creek Reservoir | 72.2% | 316.0 | 322.0 | −6.0 ft | 465,421 / 644,686 |
| Eagle Mountain Reservoir | 72.7% | 643.0 | 649.0 | −6.0 ft | 134,533 / 185,087 |
| Lake Nocona (Farmer's Creek) | 73.1% | 822.9 | 827.5 | −4.6 ft | 15,671 / 21,444 |
| Lake Alan Henry | 73.1% | 2,209.4 | 2,220.0 | −10.6 ft | 70,310 / 96,207 |
| Lake Palo Pinto | 73.5% | 863.6 | 867.0 | −3.4 ft | 19,667 / 26,766 |
| Lake Stamford | 73.6% | 1,413.8 | 1,416.8 | −3.0 ft | 37,931 / 51,570 |
| Lake Kemp | 74.0% | 1,139.6 | 1,144.0 | −4.4 ft | 181,528 / 245,307 |
| Benbrook Lake | 74.6% | 687.4 | 694.0 | −6.6 ft | 63,861 / 85,648 |
| Lake Waxahachie | 74.6% | 526.9 | 531.5 | −4.6 ft | 8,250 / 11,060 |
| Coleto Creek Reservoir | 74.7% | 94.7 | 98.0 | −3.3 ft | 23,200 / 31,040 |
| Leon Reservoir | 74.7% | 1,370.6 | 1,375.0 | −4.4 ft | 20,751 / 27,762 |
| Lake Bonham | 74.8% | 562.2 | 565.0 | −2.8 ft | 8,244 / 11,027 |
| Halbert Lake | 75.1% | 365.2 | 368.0 | −2.8 ft | 4,532 / 6,033 |
| Martin Lake | 75.2% | 301.9 | 306.0 | −4.1 ft | 56,944 / 75,726 |
| North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir | 75.6% | 1,045.6 | 1,048.0 | −2.4 ft | 11,645 / 15,400 |
| Lake Cherokee | 76.1% | 277.0 | 280.0 | −3.0 ft | 30,508 / 40,094 |
| Lake Coleman | 77.3% | 1,712.5 | 1,717.5 | −5.0 ft | 29,447 / 38,075 |
| Lake Georgetown | 78.4% | 784.3 | 791.0 | −6.7 ft | 29,814 / 38,005 |
| Lavon Lake | 78.7% | 487.6 | 492.0 | −4.4 ft | 322,438 / 409,757 |
| Navarro Mills Lake | 79.2% | 422.2 | 424.5 | −2.3 ft | 39,445 / 49,827 |
| Lake Fork Reservoir | 79.6% | 398.0 | 403.0 | −5.0 ft | 482,458 / 606,088 |
| Lake Corpus Christi | 79.9% | 91.3 | 94.0 | −2.7 ft | 204,718 / 256,062 |
| Lake Arlington | 80.0% | 545.7 | 550.0 | −4.3 ft | 32,114 / 40,157 |
| Lake Kickapoo | 80.1% | 1,041.9 | 1,045.0 | −3.1 ft | 69,156 / 86,345 |
| Lake Amon Carter | 80.7% | 917.3 | 920.0 | −2.7 ft | 15,544 / 19,266 |
| Aquilla Lake | 80.8% | 534.6 | 537.5 | −2.9 ft | 34,928 / 43,243 |
| Lewisville Lake | 81.6% | 518.0 | 522.0 | −4.0 ft | 459,605 / 563,228 |
| Lake Crook | 82.2% | 474.4 | 476.0 | −1.6 ft | 7,558 / 9,195 |
| Lake Limestone | 82.2% | 359.9 | 363.2 | −3.3 ft | 167,491 / 203,780 |
| Lake Nacogdoches | 82.6% | 275.6 | 279.0 | −3.4 ft | 32,644 / 39,522 |
| Lake Tyler | 82.7% | 372.5 | 375.4 | −2.8 ft | 59,627 / 72,073 |
| Lake Sulphur Springs | 83.4% | 457.2 | 458.9 | −1.7 ft | 14,798 / 17,747 |
| Lake Ray Hubbard | 83.4% | 431.8 | 435.5 | −3.7 ft | 366,718 / 439,559 |
| Brady Creek Reservoir | 83.5% | 1,740.5 | 1,743.0 | −2.5 ft | 24,060 / 28,808 |
| Lake Texana | 83.8% | 41.3 | 44.0 | −2.7 ft | 133,285 / 158,975 |
| Lake Mineral Wells | 84.6% | 861.2 | 863.0 | −1.8 ft | 4,459 / 5,273 |
| Bardwell Lake | 85.2% | 418.9 | 421.0 | −2.1 ft | 37,348 / 43,856 |
| Gibbons Creek Reservoir | 85.6% | 245.5 | 247.0 | −1.5 ft | 22,015 / 25,721 |
| Lake Nasworthy | 85.8% | 1,871.7 | 1,872.7 | −1.0 ft | 8,245 / 9,615 |
| Murvaul Lake | 86.5% | 263.8 | 265.3 | −1.6 ft | 33,106 / 38,285 |
| Somerville Lake | 86.8% | 236.2 | 238.0 | −1.8 ft | 130,449 / 150,293 |
| Lake Palestine | 86.9% | 342.8 | 345.0 | −2.2 ft | 319,256 / 367,303 |
| Waco Lake | 86.9% | 459.0 | 462.0 | −3.0 ft | 164,221 / 188,891 |
| Bois d'Arc Lake | 87.1% | 531.1 | 534.0 | −2.9 ft | 320,169 / 367,609 |
| Lake Bob Sandlin | 87.2% | 334.6 | 337.5 | −2.9 ft | 167,712 / 192,417 |
| Lake Pat Cleburne | 87.3% | 731.3 | 733.5 | −2.2 ft | 22,712 / 26,008 |
| Lost Creek Reservoir | 87.4% | 1,005.4 | 1,009.5 | −4.1 ft | 10,441 / 11,950 |
| Lake Cypress Springs | 87.9% | 375.4 | 378.0 | −2.6 ft | 58,711 / 66,756 |
| Lake Granbury | 88.0% | 690.6 | 692.7 | −2.1 ft | 116,963 / 132,949 |
| Pat Mayse Lake | 88.6% | 448.6 | 451.0 | −2.4 ft | 100,745 / 113,683 |
| Lake Brownwood | 88.9% | 1,422.7 | 1,424.6 | −1.9 ft | 116,338 / 130,868 |
| Lake Tawakoni | 89.2% | 434.9 | 437.5 | −2.6 ft | 777,736 / 871,685 |
| Richland Chambers Reservoir | 89.5% | 312.3 | 315.0 | −2.7 ft | 984,287 / 1,099,417 |
| Lake O' the Pines | 90.0% | 227.1 | 228.5 | −1.4 ft | 217,177 / 241,363 |
| Whitney Lake | 90.5% | 530.6 | 533.0 | −2.4 ft | 511,062 / 564,808 |
| Grapevine Lake | 91.0% | 532.6 | 535.0 | −2.4 ft | 148,419 / 163,064 |
| Joe Pool Lake | 91.1% | 519.9 | 522.0 | −2.1 ft | 136,299 / 149,629 |
| Livingston Reservoir | 91.4% | 129.2 | 131.0 | −1.8 ft | 1,466,199 / 1,603,504 |
| Possum Kingdom Lake | 91.9% | 996.5 | 999.0 | −2.5 ft | 494,789 / 538,139 |
| Lake Conroe | 92.6% | 199.4 | 201.0 | −1.6 ft | 386,820 / 417,577 |
| Houston County Lake | 93.4% | 259.1 | 260.0 | −0.9 ft | 15,980 / 17,113 |
| Lake Travis | 93.6% | 677.2 | 681.0 | −3.8 ft | 1,027,896 / 1,098,044 |
| Ray Roberts Lake | 93.7% | 630.7 | 632.5 | −1.8 ft | 738,410 / 788,167 |
| B. A. Steinhagen Lake | 94.6% | 82.6 | 83.0 | −0.4 ft | 65,463 / 69,186 |
| Lake Jacksonville | 95.4% | 420.9 | 422.0 | −1.1 ft | 24,480 / 25,670 |
| Lake Buchanan | 95.7% | 1,018.3 | 1,020.0 | −1.7 ft | 829,717 / 866,694 |
| Inks Lake | 95.8% | 887.3 | 888.0 | −0.7 ft | 13,155 / 13,729 |
| Belton Lake | 96.4% | 592.7 | 594.0 | −1.3 ft | 417,038 / 432,631 |
| Lake Athens | 96.5% | 439.4 | 440.0 | −0.6 ft | 28,466 / 29,503 |
| Stillhouse Hollow Lake | 96.5% | 620.7 | 622.0 | −1.3 ft | 221,684 / 229,796 |
| Canyon Lake | 96.5% | 907.4 | 909.0 | −1.6 ft | 365,670 / 378,781 |
| Lake Austin | 96.7% | 492.3 | 492.8 | −0.5 ft | 23,189 / 23,972 |
| Lake Marble Falls | 97.7% | 736.7 | 737.0 | −0.3 ft | 7,420 / 7,597 |
| Moss Lake | 98.0% | 714.6 | 715.0 | −0.4 ft | 23,585 / 24,058 |
| Lake Houston | 98.1% | 42.2 | 42.4 | −0.2 ft | 129,812 / 132,318 |
| Granger Lake | 98.3% | 503.8 | 504.0 | −0.2 ft | 50,965 / 51,822 |
| Lake LBJ | 98.6% | 824.8 | 825.0 | −0.2 ft | 111,237 / 112,778 |
| Lake Texoma | 99.4% | 616.9 | 618.1 | −1.3 ft | 1,236,726 / 1,243,801 |
| Wright Patman Lake | 100.0% | 224.8 | 224.5 | +0.3 ft | 122,593 / 122,593 |
| Mountain Creek Lake | 100.0% | 457.7 | 457.0 | +0.7 ft | 22,850 / 22,850 |
| Comanche Creek Reservoir | 100.0% | 775.4 | 775.0 | +0.4 ft | 151,250 / 151,250 |
FAQ
How full are Texas lakes right now?
Statewide, Texas reservoirs were 71.9% full on Oct 26, according to the Texas Water Development Board. 24 of the 118 reservoirs listed here are under half full.
Which Texas lake is the lowest?
Palo Duro Reservoir at 0.4% full, followed by Twin Buttes Reservoir (4.3%), Greenbelt Lake (4.4%), Lake Abilene (6.7%).
Is 100% full the same as a flood?
No. TWDB’s percent full counts only the conservation pool. Above 100% the lake is storing floodwater in the flood pool, which is what the dam is designed to do.
How often are Texas lake levels updated?
TWDB updates its reservoir storage estimates daily. Each LakeCharts lake page also shows the latest elevation and the operator’s data where available.
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