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 | 2021-03-07 | - n.a. - | 70.02 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
Yesterday | 2021-03-06 | - n.a. - | 70.05 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
2 days ago | 2021-03-05 | - n.a. - | 68.61 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 week ago | 2021-02-28 | - n.a. - | 68.10 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 month ago | 2021-02-07 | - n.a. - | 68.83 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
3 months ago | 2020-12-07 | - n.a. - | 78.16 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
6 months ago | 2020-09-07 | - n.a. - | 74.06 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
1 year ago | 2020-03-07 | - n.a. - | 69.12 | - 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 | 2021-03-07 17:00 | 69.73 | 67.50 | 2.23 |
1 hour prior | 2021-03-07 16:00 | 69.56 | 67.50 | 2.06 |
2 hours prior | 2021-03-07 15:00 | 69.83 | 67.50 | 2.33 |
6 hours prior | 2021-03-07 11:00 | 69.90 | 67.50 | 2.40 |
12 hours prior | 2021-03-07 05:00 | 69.92 | 67.50 | 2.42 |
24 hours prior | 2021-03-06 17:00 | 69.84 | 67.50 | 2.34 |
48 hours prior | 2021-03-05 17:00 | 69.98 | 67.50 | 2.48 |
Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Additional Information
Impoundment date | 1948-01-01 |
Vertical datum | NAVD88 |
Gauge | USGS:08073000 |
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 |