Lake Meredith is 0.0% full as of 2013-05-19

note:

Lake Meredith is governed by the Canadian River Compact. The States of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma are all parties to the compact created by agreement of the three states and the federal government in 1950. According to the compact, New Mexico can hold 200,000 acre-feet in Ute Lake before it has to release water to Texas. Texas also can only hold 500,000 acre-feet in Lake Meredith before it has to release water for Oklahoma. Approximately 5% of Amarillo's water supply comes from Lake Meredith.

Date Percent Full Water Level
(ft)
Height Above Conservation Pool
(ft)
Reservoir Storage
(acre-ft)
Conservation Storage
(acre-ft)
Conservation Capacity
(acre-ft)
Surface Area
(acres)
Today 2013-05-19 0.0 2,840.51 -95.99 18,411 0 500,000 1,665
Yesterday 2013-05-18 0.0 2,840.54 -95.96 18,462 0 500,000 1,667
2 days ago 2013-05-17 0.0 2,840.55 -95.95 18,478 0 500,000 1,668
1 week ago 2013-05-12 0.0 2,840.64 -95.86 18,629 0 500,000 1,674
1 month ago 2013-04-19 0.0 2,840.97 -95.53 19,184 0 500,000 1,695
3 months ago 2013-02-19 0.0 2,841.40 -95.10 19,920 0 500,000 1,727
6 months ago 2012-11-19 0.0 2,841.83 -94.67 20,671 0 500,000 1,766
1 year ago 2012-05-19 0.0 2,844.41 -92.09 25,503 0 500,000 1,972
*

Percent Full is based on Conservation Storage and Conservation Capacity.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1965-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Gauge USGS:07227900
Conservation pool elevation 2936.5 ft above NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 2850 ft above NGVD29

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1980-01-01 (source: usbr)
1995-06-01 (source: twdb) : GIS Data