Recent changes
2017-09-14: The rating curve for Barker 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
Barker 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 | 2019-10-14 | - n.a. - | 72.97 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| Yesterday | 2019-10-13 | - n.a. - | 72.19 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days ago | 2019-10-12 | - n.a. - | 72.46 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week ago | 2019-10-07 | - n.a. - | 71.82 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month ago | 2019-09-14 | - n.a. - | 75.67 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months ago | 2019-07-14 | - n.a. - | 71.68 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2019-04-14 | - n.a. - | 72.02 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year ago | 2018-10-14 | - n.a. - | 71.78 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
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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) |
Flood Pool Lower Bound (ft) |
Height Into Flood Pool (ft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent | 2019-10-14 19:45 | 75.76 | 70.90 | 4.86 |
| 1 hour prior | 2019-10-14 18:45 | 75.58 | 70.90 | 4.68 |
| 2 hours prior | 2019-10-14 17:45 | 75.40 | 70.90 | 4.50 |
| 6 hours prior | 2019-10-14 13:45 | 74.62 | 70.90 | 3.72 |
| 12 hours prior | 2019-10-14 07:45 | 72.03 | 70.90 | 1.13 |
| 24 hours prior | 2019-10-13 19:45 | 72.10 | 70.90 | 1.20 |
| 48 hours prior | 2019-10-12 19:45 | 72.38 | 70.90 | 1.48 |
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Additional Information
| Impoundment date | 1945-01-01 |
| Vertical datum | NAVD88 |
| Gauge | USGS:08072500 |
| Dead pool elevation | 70.90 ft above NAVD88 |
| Emergency spillway crest elevation | 103.70 ft above NGVD29 |
| Top of dam elevation | 112.40 ft above NGVD29 |
| Data download (CSV) | period of record, last one year, last 30 days |
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