Choke Canyon Reservoir: 8.7% full as of 2026-02-18

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)
Today 2026-02-18 8.7 180.14 57,557 57,556 662,820 5,782
Yesterday 2026-02-17 8.7 180.15 57,615 57,614 662,820 5,786
2 days ago 2026-02-16 8.7 180.18 57,789 57,788 662,820 5,799
1 week ago 2026-02-11 8.8 180.25 58,196 58,195 662,820 5,827
1 month ago 2026-01-18 9.1 180.63 60,440 60,439 662,820 5,983
3 months ago 2025-11-18 10.2 181.83 67,909 67,908 662,820 6,470
6 months ago 2025-08-18 12.4 183.88 82,056 82,055 662,820 7,310
1 year ago 2025-02-18 16.1 186.93 106,425 106,424 662,820 8,668
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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 2026-02-18 07:15 180.15 220.50 -40.35
1 hour prior 2026-02-18 06:15 180.15 220.50 -40.35
2 hours prior 2026-02-18 05:15 180.15 220.50 -40.35
6 hours prior 2026-02-18 01:15 180.14 220.50 -40.36
12 hours prior 2026-02-17 19:15 180.13 220.50 -40.37
24 hours prior 2026-02-17 07:15 180.17 220.50 -40.33
48 hours prior 2026-02-16 07:15 180.18 220.50 -40.32
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1982-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 136.40 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 199.50 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 223.20 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 232.18 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 241.14 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 220.50 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1983-01-01 (source: USBR)
1993-03-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2012-06-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08206900

Lake Location