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) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent | 2019-06-18 | - n.a. - | 78.28 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 day prior | 2019-06-17 | - n.a. - | 78.69 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days prior | 2019-06-16 | - n.a. - | 72.28 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week prior | 2019-06-11 | - n.a. - | 72.08 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month prior | 2019-05-18 | - n.a. - | 78.41 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months prior | 2019-03-18 | - n.a. - | 71.78 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months prior | 2018-12-18 | - n.a. - | 83.11 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year prior | 2018-06-18 | - n.a. - | 78.05 | - 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 | 2019-06-19 05:30 | 75.48 | 70.90 | 4.58 |
| 1 hour prior | 2019-06-19 04:30 | 75.60 | 70.90 | 4.70 |
| 2 hours prior | 2019-06-19 03:30 | 75.70 | 70.90 | 4.80 |
| 6 hours prior | 2019-06-18 23:30 | 76.18 | 70.90 | 5.28 |
| 12 hours prior | 2019-06-18 17:30 | 76.85 | 70.90 | 5.95 |
| 24 hours prior | 2019-06-18 05:30 | 79.14 | 70.90 | 8.24 |
| 48 hours prior | 2019-06-17 05:30 | 78.06 | 70.90 | 7.16 |
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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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