Lake Amon G Carter: 81.3% full as of 2026-10-04

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 2026-10-04 81.3 917.40 16,453 15,669 19,266 1,297
Yesterday 2026-10-03 81.1 917.37 16,416 15,632 19,266 1,295
2 days ago 2026-10-02 80.9 917.33 16,366 15,582 19,266 1,292
1 week ago 2026-09-27 73.9 916.21 15,024 14,240 19,266 1,219
1 month ago 2026-09-04 77.3 916.77 15,679 14,895 19,266 1,255
3 months ago 2026-07-04 88.6 918.45 17,858 17,074 19,266 1,372
6 months ago 2026-04-04 86.0 918.08 17,352 16,568 19,266 1,345
1 year ago 2025-10-04 94.3 919.24 18,944 18,160 19,266 1,434
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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 2026-10-04 16:00 917.41 920.00 -2.59
1 hour prior 2026-10-04 15:00 917.41 920.00 -2.59
2 hours prior 2026-10-04 14:00 917.41 920.00 -2.59
6 hours prior 2026-10-04 10:00 917.40 920.00 -2.60
12 hours prior 2026-10-04 04:00 917.39 920.00 -2.61
24 hours prior 2026-10-03 16:00 917.39 920.00 -2.61
48 hours prior 2026-10-02 16:00 917.32 920.00 -2.68
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1956-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 892.50 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 920.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 928.20 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 944.80 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 920.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1974-10-01 (source: TWDB)
Data Source USGS:08043700
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08043700

Lake Location