Canyon Lake: 100.0% full as of 2026-08-02

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 2026-08-02 100.0 910.14 388,317 378,781 378,781 - n.a. -
Yesterday 2026-08-01 100.0 910.11 388,066 378,781 378,781 - n.a. -
2 days ago 2026-07-31 100.0 910.09 387,899 378,781 378,781 - n.a. -
1 week ago 2026-07-26 100.0 909.82 385,645 378,781 378,781 - n.a. -
1 month ago 2026-07-02 61.3 888.27 232,387 232,316 378,781 5,974
3 months ago 2026-05-02 59.1 886.82 223,830 223,759 378,781 5,829
6 months ago 2026-02-02 60.9 887.98 230,659 230,588 378,781 5,945
1 year ago 2025-08-02 68.4 892.62 259,328 259,257 378,781 6,413
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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 2026-08-02 08:15 910.14 909.00 1.14 into flood pool
1 hour prior 2026-08-02 07:15 910.14 909.00 1.14 into flood pool
2 hours prior 2026-08-02 06:15 910.14 909.00 1.14 into flood pool
6 hours prior 2026-08-02 02:15 910.14 909.00 1.14 into flood pool
12 hours prior 2026-08-01 20:15 910.14 909.00 1.14 into flood pool
24 hours prior 2026-08-01 08:15 910.10 909.00 1.10 into flood pool
48 hours prior 2026-07-31 08:15 910.08 909.00 1.08 into 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
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08167700

Lake Location