Lake Colorado City: 56.9% full as of 2025-11-29

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 2025-11-29 56.9 2,059.86 17,499 17,499 30,758 - n.a. -
Yesterday 2025-11-28 56.9 2,059.86 17,499 17,499 30,758 - n.a. -
2 days ago 2025-11-27 56.9 2,059.87 17,510 17,510 30,758 - n.a. -
1 week ago 2025-11-22 57.0 2,059.88 17,521 17,521 30,758 - n.a. -
1 month ago 2025-10-29 58.1 2,060.20 17,881 17,881 30,758 - n.a. -
3 months ago 2025-08-29 61.3 2,061.04 18,841 18,841 30,758 - n.a. -
6 months ago 2025-05-29 67.6 2,062.66 20,795 20,795 30,758 - n.a. -
1 year ago 2024-11-29 74.9 2,064.41 23,034 23,034 30,758 - n.a. -
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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 2025-11-29 06:00 2,059.86 2,070.20 -10.34
1 hour prior 2025-11-29 05:00 2,059.86 2,070.20 -10.34
2 hours prior 2025-11-29 04:00 2,059.85 2,070.20 -10.35
6 hours prior 2025-11-29 00:00 2,059.87 2,070.20 -10.33
12 hours prior 2025-11-28 18:00 2,059.85 2,070.20 -10.35
24 hours prior 2025-11-28 06:00 2,059.85 2,070.20 -10.35
48 hours prior 2025-11-27 06:00 2,059.87 2,070.20 -10.33
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1949-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 2,024.30 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 2,070.20 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 2,073.40 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 2,090.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 2,070.20 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

Data Source USGS:08123000

Lake Location