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Addicks Reservoir is a flood control lake. It is not used for water supply and under normal conditions it is empty.
Historical Data
| Date | Percent Full |
Mean Water Level (ft) |
Reservoir Storage (acre-ft) |
Conservation Storage (acre-ft) |
Conservation Capacity (acre-ft) |
Surface Area (acres) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent | 2026-09-10 | - n.a. - | 76.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 day prior | 2026-09-09 | - n.a. - | 76.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days prior | 2026-09-08 | - n.a. - | 76.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week prior | 2026-09-03 | - n.a. - | 76.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month prior | 2026-08-10 | - n.a. - | 76.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months prior | 2026-06-10 | - n.a. - | 86.47 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months prior | 2026-03-10 | - n.a. - | 70.36 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year prior | 2025-09-10 | - n.a. - | 70.03 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
*
Percent Full is based on Conservation Storage and Conservation Capacity and doesn't account for storage in flood pool.
**
Values above, including today's are averaged conditions. For near real-time instantaneous water level, see table below or the interactive map viewer.
Most Recent Instantaneous Water Level
| Date/time |
Water Level (ft) |
Flood Pool Lower Bound (ft) |
Height Into Flood Pool (ft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent | 2026-09-10 23:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
| 1 hour prior | 2026-09-10 22:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
| 2 hours prior | 2026-09-10 21:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
| 6 hours prior | 2026-09-10 17:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
| 12 hours prior | 2026-09-10 11:15 | 76.42 | 67.50 | 8.92 |
| 24 hours prior | 2026-09-09 23:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
| 48 hours prior | 2026-09-08 23:15 | 76.41 | 67.50 | 8.91 |
*
Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Additional Information
| Impoundment date | 1948-01-01 |
| Vertical datum | NAVD88 |
| Dead pool elevation | 67.50 ft above NAVD88 |
| Emergency spillway crest elevation | 108.00 ft above NGVD29 |
| Top of dam elevation | 108.00 ft above NGVD29 |
| Data download (CSV) | period of record, last one year, last 30 days |
| Data Source | USGS:08073000 |
| USGS Monitoring Location | USGS:08073000 |