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 | 2019-04-20 | - n.a. - | 78.22 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| Yesterday | 2019-04-19 | - n.a. - | 78.39 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days ago | 2019-04-18 | - n.a. - | 75.35 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week ago | 2019-04-13 | - n.a. - | 72.04 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month ago | 2019-03-20 | - n.a. - | 71.79 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months ago | 2019-01-20 | - n.a. - | 76.30 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2018-10-20 | - n.a. - | 77.30 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year ago | 2018-04-20 | - n.a. - | 71.85 | - 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 | 2019-04-20 19:00 | 77.72 | 70.9 | 6.8 |
| 1 hour prior | 2019-04-20 18:00 | 77.78 | 70.9 | 6.9 |
| 2 hours prior | 2019-04-20 17:00 | 77.86 | 70.9 | 7.0 |
| 6 hours prior | 2019-04-20 13:00 | 78.11 | 70.9 | 7.2 |
| 12 hours prior | 2019-04-20 07:00 | 78.34 | 70.9 | 7.4 |
| 24 hours prior | 2019-04-19 19:00 | 78.34 | 70.9 | 7.4 |
| 48 hours prior | 2019-04-18 19:00 | 77.46 | 70.9 | 6.6 |
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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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