Lake Brownwood: 87.9% full as of 2026-10-12

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 2026-10-12 87.9 1,422.49 115,074 115,074 130,868 6,298
Yesterday 2026-10-11 88.0 1,422.51 115,200 115,200 130,868 6,302
2 days ago 2026-10-10 88.2 1,422.54 115,390 115,390 130,868 6,308
1 week ago 2026-10-05 88.5 1,422.60 115,768 115,768 130,868 6,320
1 month ago 2026-09-12 84.6 1,421.79 110,716 110,716 130,868 6,154
3 months ago 2026-07-12 83.7 1,421.60 109,551 109,551 130,868 6,115
6 months ago 2026-04-12 82.6 1,421.36 108,090 108,090 130,868 6,065
1 year ago 2025-10-12 88.7 1,422.65 116,085 116,085 130,868 6,331
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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 2026-10-12 13:30 1,422.49 1,424.90 -2.41
1 hour prior 2026-10-12 12:30 1,422.50 1,424.90 -2.40
2 hours prior 2026-10-12 11:30 1,422.48 1,424.90 -2.42
6 hours prior 2026-10-12 07:30 1,422.49 1,424.90 -2.41
12 hours prior 2026-10-12 01:30 1,422.50 1,424.90 -2.40
24 hours prior 2026-10-11 13:30 1,422.49 1,424.90 -2.41
48 hours prior 2026-10-10 13:30 1,422.54 1,424.90 -2.36
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1933-01-01
Vertical datum
Start date: 2022-05-21 		NAVD88
Vertical datum
Start date to end date: 1999-02-24 to 2022-05-20 		NGVD29
Dead pool elevation
Start date: 1959-01-01 		1,329.50 ft above NGVD29
Dead pool elevation
End date: 1959-01-01 		1,405.50 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,425.00 ft above NAVD88
Top of dam elevation 1,470.00 ft above NAVD88
Conservation pool elevation 1,424.60 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1997-04-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2013-06-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08143000
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08143000

Lake Location