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: 95.9% full as of 2026-11-12

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 2026-11-12 95.9 1,018.39 844,485 830,823 866,694 22,125
Yesterday 2026-11-11 95.8 1,018.38 844,263 830,601 866,694 22,124
2 days ago 2026-11-10 95.8 1,018.38 844,263 830,601 866,694 22,124
1 week ago 2026-11-05 95.8 1,018.36 843,821 830,159 866,694 22,120
1 month ago 2026-10-12 96.2 1,018.51 847,141 833,479 866,694 22,147
3 months ago 2026-08-12 98.9 1,019.58 870,947 857,285 866,694 22,356
6 months ago 2026-05-12 97.4 1,018.98 857,570 843,908 866,694 22,235
1 year ago 2025-11-12 95.0 1,018.05 836,972 823,310 866,694 22,066
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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 2026-11-12 08:30 1,018.38 1,020.00 -1.62
1 hour prior 2026-11-12 07:30 1,018.39 1,020.00 -1.61
2 hours prior 2026-11-12 06:30 1,018.38 1,020.00 -1.62
6 hours prior 2026-11-12 02:30 1,018.39 1,020.00 -1.61
12 hours prior 2026-11-11 20:30 1,018.39 1,020.00 -1.61
24 hours prior 2026-11-11 08:30 1,018.39 1,020.00 -1.61
48 hours prior 2026-11-10 08:30 1,018.39 1,020.00 -1.61
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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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