Belton Lake: 97.5% full as of 2026-10-16
Historical Data
| Date | Percent Full |
Mean Water Level (ft) |
Reservoir Storage (acre-ft) |
Conservation Storage (acre-ft) |
Conservation Capacity (acre-ft) |
Surface Area (acres) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 2026-10-16 | 97.5 | 593.12 | 421,781 | 421,781 | 432,631 | 12,214 |
| Yesterday | 2026-10-15 | 97.4 | 593.10 | 421,537 | 421,537 | 432,631 | 12,208 |
| 2 days ago | 2026-10-14 | 97.5 | 593.12 | 421,781 | 421,781 | 432,631 | 12,214 |
| 1 week ago | 2026-10-09 | 97.9 | 593.25 | 423,372 | 423,372 | 432,631 | 12,248 |
| 1 month ago | 2026-09-16 | 96.3 | 592.68 | 416,433 | 416,433 | 432,631 | 12,098 |
| 3 months ago | 2026-07-16 | 100.0 | 594.94 | 444,445 | 432,631 | 432,631 | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2026-04-16 | 99.6 | 593.85 | 430,768 | 430,768 | 432,631 | 12,405 |
| 1 year ago | 2025-10-16 | 98.7 | 593.55 | 427,058 | 427,058 | 432,631 | 12,327 |
*
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 | 2026-10-16 04:00 | 593.13 | 594.00 | -0.87 |
| 1 hour prior | 2026-10-16 03:00 | 593.12 | 594.00 | -0.88 |
| 2 hours prior | 2026-10-16 02:00 | 593.13 | 594.00 | -0.87 |
| 6 hours prior | 2026-10-15 22:00 | 593.15 | 594.00 | -0.85 |
| 12 hours prior | 2026-10-15 16:00 | 593.09 | 594.00 | -0.91 |
| 24 hours prior | 2026-10-15 04:00 | 593.11 | 594.00 | -0.89 |
| 48 hours prior | 2026-10-14 04:00 | 593.13 | 594.00 | -0.87 |
*
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)
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| Data Source | USGS:08102000 |
| USGS Monitoring Location | USGS:08102000 |
Lake Location
