Lake Conroe: 95.8% full as of 2026-08-26

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 2026-08-26 95.8 200.11 400,113 400,086 417,577 19,413
Yesterday 2026-08-25 95.9 200.13 400,501 400,474 417,577 19,424
2 days ago 2026-08-24 96.0 200.15 400,890 400,863 417,577 19,435
1 week ago 2026-08-19 96.7 200.29 403,616 403,589 417,577 19,510
1 month ago 2026-07-26 99.5 200.89 415,420 415,393 417,577 19,835
3 months ago 2026-05-26 98.9 200.76 412,846 412,819 417,577 19,765
6 months ago 2026-02-26 94.9 199.91 396,241 396,214 417,577 19,305
1 year ago 2025-08-26 98.5 200.69 411,463 411,436 417,577 19,727
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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 2026-08-26 00:00 200.11 201.00 -0.89
1 hour prior 2026-08-25 23:00 200.12 201.00 -0.88
2 hours prior 2026-08-25 22:00 200.11 201.00 -0.89
6 hours prior 2026-08-25 18:00 200.12 201.00 -0.88
12 hours prior 2026-08-25 12:00 200.14 201.00 -0.86
24 hours prior 2026-08-25 00:00 200.13 201.00 -0.87
48 hours prior 2026-08-24 00:00 200.16 201.00 -0.84
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1973-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 145.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of gate elevation 202.50 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 173.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 207.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 212.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 201.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1973-01-01 (source: TWDB)
1996-04-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2010-08-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2020-10-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08067600
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08067600

Lake Location