Lake Fork Reservoir: 87.0% full as of 2026-01-19

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 2026-01-19 87.0 399.86 557,573 526,130 605,061 24,087
Yesterday 2026-01-18 87.0 399.88 558,055 526,612 605,061 24,098
2 days ago 2026-01-17 87.2 399.92 559,019 527,576 605,061 24,120
1 week ago 2026-01-12 87.4 399.98 560,467 529,024 605,061 24,153
1 month ago 2025-12-19 88.5 400.24 566,766 535,323 605,061 24,299
3 months ago 2025-10-19 91.8 401.06 586,892 555,449 605,061 24,801
6 months ago 2025-07-19 100.0 403.36 646,111 605,061 605,061 - n.a. -
1 year ago 2025-01-19 93.0 401.36 594,362 562,919 605,061 25,005
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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 2026-01-19 06:30 399.85 403.00 -3.15
1 hour prior 2026-01-19 05:30 399.86 403.00 -3.14
2 hours prior 2026-01-19 04:30 399.87 403.00 -3.13
6 hours prior 2026-01-19 00:30 399.87 403.00 -3.13
12 hours prior 2026-01-18 18:30 399.86 403.00 -3.14
24 hours prior 2026-01-18 06:30 399.89 403.00 -3.11
48 hours prior 2026-01-17 06:30 399.90 403.00 -3.10
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1980-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 360.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of gate elevation 405.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 385.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 407.90 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 419.50 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 403.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1980-01-01 (source: USGS)
2002-09-30 (source: USGS)
2009-10-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08018800

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