Notes

2013-02-12: The rating curve for this reservoir has been updated and replaced with data from the Texas Water Development Board's Report 126.

Lake Mineral Wells: 80.1% full as of 2023-03-28

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 2023-03-28 80.1 860.63 4,224 4,224 5,273 424
Yesterday 2023-03-27 80.1 860.63 4,224 4,224 5,273 424
2 days ago 2023-03-26 80.3 860.65 4,232 4,232 5,273 425
1 week ago 2023-03-21 79.5 860.56 4,194 4,194 5,273 423
1 month ago 2023-02-28 78.8 860.47 4,156 4,156 5,273 422
3 months ago 2022-12-28 78.9 860.48 4,160 4,160 5,273 422
6 months ago 2022-09-28 82.5 860.93 4,351 4,351 5,273 428
1 year ago 2022-03-28 93.7 862.28 4,943 4,943 5,273 450
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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 2023-03-28 13:30 860.63 863.00 -2.37
1 hour prior 2023-03-28 12:30 860.61 863.00 -2.39
2 hours prior 2023-03-28 11:30 860.64 863.00 -2.36
6 hours prior 2023-03-28 07:30 860.62 863.00 -2.38
12 hours prior 2023-03-28 01:30 860.63 863.00 -2.37
24 hours prior 2023-03-27 13:30 860.63 863.00 -2.37
48 hours prior 2023-03-26 13:30 860.65 863.00 -2.35
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1920-01-01
Gauge USGS:08090700
Vertical datum NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 863.40 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 873.90 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 863.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1974-10-01 (source: TWDB)
2015-10-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data

Lake Location