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 | 2021-02-24 | - n.a. - | 70.49 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| Yesterday | 2021-02-23 | - n.a. - | 70.67 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 2 days ago | 2021-02-22 | - n.a. - | 70.67 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 week ago | 2021-02-17 | - n.a. - | 71.96 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 month ago | 2021-01-24 | - n.a. - | 71.16 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 3 months ago | 2020-11-24 | - n.a. - | 69.76 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 6 months ago | 2020-08-24 | - n.a. - | 70.10 | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - | - n.a. - |
| 1 year ago | 2020-02-24 | - n.a. - | 71.08 | - 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 | 2021-02-24 19:30 | 70.42 | 70.90 | -0.48 |
| 1 hour prior | 2021-02-24 18:30 | 70.44 | 70.90 | -0.46 |
| 2 hours prior | 2021-02-24 17:30 | 70.42 | 70.90 | -0.48 |
| 6 hours prior | 2021-02-24 13:30 | 70.46 | 70.90 | -0.44 |
| 12 hours prior | 2021-02-24 07:30 | 70.51 | 70.90 | -0.39 |
| 24 hours prior | 2021-02-23 19:30 | 70.57 | 70.90 | -0.33 |
| 48 hours prior | 2021-02-22 19:30 | 70.90 | 70.90 | 0.00 |
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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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