E. V. Spence Reservoir: 11.6% full as of 2026-03-29

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 2026-03-29 11.6 1,845.49 60,017 60,017 517,272 3,801
Yesterday 2026-03-28 11.6 1,845.51 60,093 60,093 517,272 3,804
2 days ago 2026-03-27 11.6 1,845.55 60,246 60,246 517,272 3,808
1 week ago 2026-03-22 11.7 1,845.64 60,589 60,589 517,272 3,819
1 month ago 2026-02-28 12.0 1,846.04 62,125 62,125 517,272 3,862
3 months ago 2025-12-29 12.5 1,846.74 64,852 64,852 517,272 3,928
6 months ago 2025-09-29 13.7 1,848.24 70,862 70,862 517,272 4,148
1 year ago 2025-03-29 15.9 1,850.82 82,183 82,183 517,272 4,542
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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 2026-03-29 17:00 1,845.50 1,898.00 -52.50
1 hour prior 2026-03-29 16:00 1,845.50 1,898.00 -52.50
2 hours prior 2026-03-29 15:00 1,845.49 1,898.00 -52.51
6 hours prior 2026-03-29 11:00 1,845.49 1,898.00 -52.51
12 hours prior 2026-03-29 05:00 1,845.49 1,898.00 -52.51
24 hours prior 2026-03-28 17:00 1,845.51 1,898.00 -52.49
48 hours prior 2026-03-27 17:00 1,845.54 1,898.00 -52.46
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1969-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 1,790.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 1,878.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,908.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,928.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,898.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1969-01-01 (source: USGS)
1999-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08123950

Lake Location