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 | 2018-05-24 | - n.a. - | 82.19 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| Yesterday | 2018-05-23 | - n.a. - | 82.06 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days ago | 2018-05-22 | - n.a. - | 81.15 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week ago | 2018-05-17 | - n.a. - | 71.83 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month ago | 2018-04-24 | - n.a. - | 74.90 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months ago | 2018-02-24 | - n.a. - | 76.55 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2017-11-24 | - n.a. - | 71.73 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year ago | 2017-05-24 | - n.a. - | 72.73 | - 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 | 2018-05-24 10:15 | 82.16 | 70.9 | 11.3 |
| 1 hour prior | 2018-05-24 09:15 | 82.22 | 70.9 | 11.3 |
| 2 hours prior | 2018-05-24 08:15 | 82.16 | 70.9 | 11.3 |
| 6 hours prior | 2018-05-24 04:15 | 82.19 | 70.9 | 11.3 |
| 12 hours prior | 2018-05-23 22:15 | 82.17 | 70.9 | 11.3 |
| 24 hours prior | 2018-05-23 10:15 | 82.08 | 70.9 | 11.2 |
| 48 hours prior | 2018-05-22 10:15 | 81.15 | 70.9 | 10.2 |
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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 | 70.9 ft above NAVD88 |
| Emergency spillway crest elevation | 103.7 ft above NGVD29 |
| Top of dam elevation | 112.4 ft above NGVD29 |
| Data download (CSV) | period of record, last one year, last 30 days |
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