Canyon Lake: 61.7% full as of 2026-01-05

The elevation-storage rating curve used to produce the storage hydrograph is made of two segments: (1) the segment up to the conservation pool top (below the red line) is based on measured data, and (2) the segment in the flood pool (above the red line) is an extrapolation from the first segment and shouldn't be relied upon for flood storage information.

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 2026-01-05 61.7 888.53 233,944 233,873 378,781 6,000
Yesterday 2026-01-04 61.8 888.55 234,064 233,993 378,781 6,002
2 days ago 2026-01-03 61.8 888.57 234,184 234,113 378,781 6,004
1 week ago 2025-12-29 62.1 888.73 235,146 235,075 378,781 6,020
1 month ago 2025-12-05 62.8 889.20 237,986 237,915 378,781 6,067
3 months ago 2025-10-05 66.2 891.27 250,762 250,691 378,781 6,277
6 months ago 2025-07-05 51.0 881.33 193,288 193,217 378,781 5,305
1 year ago 2025-01-05 50.0 880.63 189,597 189,526 378,781 5,240
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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 2026-01-05 07:15 888.53 909.00 -20.47 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2026-01-05 06:15 888.53 909.00 -20.47 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2026-01-05 05:15 888.53 909.00 -20.47 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2026-01-05 01:15 888.53 909.00 -20.47 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2026-01-04 19:15 888.54 909.00 -20.46 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2026-01-04 07:15 888.55 909.00 -20.45 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2026-01-03 07:15 888.58 909.00 -20.42 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1964-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 775.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 943.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 943.00 ft above NGVD29
Flood pool elevation 943.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 969.10 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 974.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 909.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2000-11-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08167700

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