2017-9-14: The rating curve for Addicks Reservoir has been updated and replaced with data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.
For near-real time water levels of this reservoir and others in flood stage, Visit Flood Viewer
Addicks Reservoir is a flood control lake. It is not used for water supply and under normal conditions it is empty.
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 | 2023-05-28 | - n.a. - | 82.50 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
Yesterday | 2023-05-27 | - n.a. - | 84.06 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
2 days ago | 2023-05-26 | - n.a. - | 85.67 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 week ago | 2023-05-21 | - n.a. - | 89.35 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 month ago | 2023-04-28 | - n.a. - | 76.55 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
3 months ago | 2023-02-28 | - n.a. - | 69.42 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
6 months ago | 2022-11-28 | - n.a. - | 84.36 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 year ago | 2022-05-28 | - n.a. - | 68.63 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
Percent Full is based on Conservation Storage and Conservation Capacity and doesn't account for storage in flood pool.
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) |
Flood Pool Lower Bound (ft) |
Height Into Flood Pool (ft) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Most recent | 2023-05-28 10:00 | 81.41 | 67.50 | 13.91 |
1 hour prior | 2023-05-28 09:00 | 81.58 | 67.50 | 14.08 |
2 hours prior | 2023-05-28 08:00 | 81.74 | 67.50 | 14.24 |
6 hours prior | 2023-05-28 04:00 | 82.34 | 67.50 | 14.84 |
12 hours prior | 2023-05-27 22:00 | 83.09 | 67.50 | 15.59 |
24 hours prior | 2023-05-27 10:00 | 84.28 | 67.50 | 16.78 |
48 hours prior | 2023-05-26 10:00 | 85.78 | 67.50 | 18.28 |
Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Additional Information
Impoundment date | 1948-01-01 |
Gauge | USGS:08073000 |
Vertical datum | NAVD88 |
Dead pool elevation | 67.50 ft above NAVD88 |
Emergency spillway crest elevation | 108.00 ft above NGVD29 |
Top of dam elevation | 121.00 ft above NGVD29 |
Data download (CSV) | period of record, last one year, last 30 days |