Inks Lake: 96.0% full as of 2026-11-04

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 2026-11-04 96.0 887.31 13,462 13,179 13,729 792
Yesterday 2026-11-03 95.8 887.28 13,438 13,155 13,729 791
2 days ago 2026-11-02 95.8 887.28 13,438 13,155 13,729 791
1 week ago 2026-10-28 95.4 887.21 13,383 13,100 13,729 790
1 month ago 2026-10-04 95.7 887.26 13,422 13,139 13,729 791
3 months ago 2026-08-04 94.5 887.05 13,257 12,974 13,729 778
6 months ago 2026-05-04 95.1 887.16 13,343 13,060 13,729 789
1 year ago 2025-11-04 57.6 879.31 8,197 7,914 13,729 537
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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 2026-11-04 23:30 887.07 888.00 -0.93
1 hour prior 2026-11-04 22:30 887.08 888.00 -0.92
2 hours prior 2026-11-04 21:30 887.09 888.00 -0.91
6 hours prior 2026-11-04 17:30 887.09 888.00 -0.91
12 hours prior 2026-11-04 11:30 887.34 888.00 -0.66
24 hours prior 2026-11-03 23:30 887.35 888.00 -0.65
48 hours prior 2026-11-02 23:30 887.09 888.00 -0.91
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1938-01-01
Vertical datum NAVD88 +0.31
Dead pool elevation 844.50 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Emergency spillway crest elevation 888.32 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Top of dam elevation 922.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Conservation pool elevation 888.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2007-04-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2021-08-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source LCRA:1999

Lake Location