Notes

2025-06-12: Lake Buchanan's conservation pool elevation has been updated to a year-round elevation of 1,020.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26. This change was implemented because, effective January 1, 2025, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) no longer operates Lake Buchanan to a varying seasonal conservation pool elevation.

Lake Buchanan: 96.3% full as of 2026-10-07

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 2026-10-07 96.3 1,018.57 848,470 834,808 866,694 22,157
Yesterday 2026-10-06 96.3 1,018.58 848,692 835,030 866,694 22,159
2 days ago 2026-10-05 96.3 1,018.58 848,692 835,030 866,694 22,159
1 week ago 2026-09-30 95.6 1,018.28 842,052 828,390 866,694 22,106
1 month ago 2026-09-07 97.1 1,018.87 855,126 841,464 866,694 22,214
3 months ago 2026-07-07 99.1 1,019.67 872,960 859,298 866,694 22,376
6 months ago 2026-04-07 93.9 1,017.60 827,060 813,398 866,694 21,987
1 year ago 2025-10-07 95.3 1,018.16 839,400 825,738 866,694 22,085
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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) 		Conservation Pool Elevation
(ft) 		Height Above Conservation Pool
(ft)
Most recent 2026-10-07 04:30 1,018.56 1,020.00 -1.44
1 hour prior 2026-10-07 03:30 1,018.57 1,020.00 -1.43
2 hours prior 2026-10-07 02:30 1,018.56 1,020.00 -1.44
6 hours prior 2026-10-06 22:30 1,018.57 1,020.00 -1.43
12 hours prior 2026-10-06 16:30 1,018.58 1,020.00 -1.42
24 hours prior 2026-10-06 04:30 1,018.58 1,020.00 -1.42
48 hours prior 2026-10-05 04:30 1,018.57 1,020.00 -1.43
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1938-01-01
Vertical datum NAVD88 +0.26
Dead pool elevation 937.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Service spillway crest elevation 1,020.49 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,020.49 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Maximum design elevation 1,023.99 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Top of dam elevation 1,025.50 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Conservation pool elevation
Start date: 2024-11-01 		1,020.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Conservation pool elevation
Start date to end date: 1990-05-01 to 2024-11-01 (Seasonal: May 1 to November 1)		 1,018.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Conservation pool elevation
Start date to end date: 1990-05-01 to 2024-11-01 (Seasonal: November 1 to May 1)		 1,020.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Conservation pool elevation
Start date to end date: 1990-03-08 to 1990-05-01 		1,020.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Conservation pool elevation
End date: 1990-03-08 		1,020.50 ft above NAVD88 +0.26
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2006-03-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2019-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source LCRA:1995

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