Belton Lake: 97.6% full as of 2026-01-18

The elevation-storage rating curve used to produce the storage hydrograph is made of two segments: (1) the segment up to the conservation pool top (below the red line) is based on measured data, and (2) the segment in the flood pool (above the red line) is an extrapolation from the first segment and shouldn't be relied upon for flood storage information.

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 2026-01-18 97.6 593.16 422,270 422,270 432,631 12,224
1 day prior 2026-01-17 97.7 593.19 422,637 422,637 432,631 12,232
2 days prior 2026-01-16 97.7 593.21 422,882 422,882 432,631 12,237
1 week prior 2026-01-11 97.9 593.27 423,617 423,617 432,631 12,253
1 month prior 2025-12-18 98.6 593.51 426,565 426,565 432,631 12,316
3 months prior 2025-10-18 98.5 593.49 426,318 426,318 432,631 12,311
6 months prior 2025-07-18 100.0 601.92 539,421 432,631 432,631 - n.a. -
1 year prior 2025-01-18 93.2 591.58 403,284 403,284 432,631 11,810
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Percent Full is based on Conservation Storage and Conservation Capacity and doesn't account for storage in flood pool.

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   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) 		Conservation Pool Elevation
(ft) 		Height Above Conservation Pool
(ft)
Most recent 2026-01-18 23:00 593.15 594.00 -0.85 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2026-01-18 22:00 593.14 594.00 -0.86 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2026-01-18 21:00 593.15 594.00 -0.85 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2026-01-18 17:00 593.14 594.00 -0.86 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2026-01-18 11:00 593.16 594.00 -0.84 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2026-01-17 23:00 593.19 594.00 -0.81 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2026-01-16 23:00 593.22 594.00 -0.78 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1954-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 483.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 631.00 ft above NGVD29
Flood pool elevation 631.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 658.02 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 662.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 594.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1954-01-01 (source: USGS)
1994-09-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2003-05-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2015-10-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08102000

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