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 | 2021-07-30 | - n.a. - | 70.69 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| Yesterday | 2021-07-29 | - n.a. - | 70.23 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days ago | 2021-07-28 | - n.a. - | 72.13 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week ago | 2021-07-23 | - n.a. - | 84.35 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month ago | 2021-06-30 | - n.a. - | 85.22 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months ago | 2021-04-30 | - n.a. - | 74.38 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2021-01-30 | - n.a. - | 70.35 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year ago | 2020-07-30 | - n.a. - | 82.54 | - 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 | 2021-07-30 17:30 | 70.86 | 70.90 | -0.04 |
| 1 hour prior | 2021-07-30 16:30 | 70.93 | 70.90 | 0.03 |
| 2 hours prior | 2021-07-30 15:30 | 70.97 | 70.90 | 0.07 |
| 6 hours prior | 2021-07-30 11:30 | 70.96 | 70.90 | 0.06 |
| 12 hours prior | 2021-07-30 05:30 | 70.74 | 70.90 | -0.16 |
| 24 hours prior | 2021-07-29 17:30 | 70.33 | 70.90 | -0.57 |
| 48 hours prior | 2021-07-28 17:30 | 70.21 | 70.90 | -0.69 |
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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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