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 | 2021-10-22 | - n.a. - | 71.20 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 day prior | 2021-10-21 | - n.a. - | 70.98 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days prior | 2021-10-20 | - n.a. - | 70.88 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week prior | 2021-10-15 | - n.a. - | 73.89 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month prior | 2021-09-22 | - n.a. - | 70.14 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months prior | 2021-07-22 | - n.a. - | 84.44 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months prior | 2021-04-22 | - n.a. - | 69.86 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year prior | 2020-10-22 | - n.a. - | 69.40 | - 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.
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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 | 2021-10-25 11:15 | 72.22 | 70.90 | 1.32 |
| 1 hour prior | 2021-10-25 10:15 | 72.24 | 70.90 | 1.34 |
| 2 hours prior | 2021-10-25 09:15 | 72.23 | 70.90 | 1.33 |
| 6 hours prior | 2021-10-25 05:15 | 72.19 | 70.90 | 1.29 |
| 12 hours prior | 2021-10-24 23:15 | 72.19 | 70.90 | 1.29 |
| 24 hours prior | 2021-10-24 11:15 | 72.32 | 70.90 | 1.42 |
| 48 hours prior | 2021-10-23 11:15 | 71.78 | 70.90 | 0.88 |
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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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