Inks Lake: 95.6% 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 95.6 887.24 13,407 13,124 13,729 791
Yesterday 2026-11-11 95.6 887.24 13,407 13,124 13,729 791
2 days ago 2026-11-10 95.5 887.23 13,399 13,116 13,729 791
1 week ago 2026-11-05 94.7 887.09 13,288 13,005 13,729 781
1 month ago 2026-10-12 94.9 887.12 13,312 13,029 13,729 783
3 months ago 2026-08-12 94.6 887.07 13,273 12,990 13,729 780
6 months ago 2026-05-12 97.6 887.59 13,684 13,401 13,729 796
1 year ago 2025-11-12 57.9 879.38 8,235 7,952 13,729 539
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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 08:30 887.24 888.00 -0.76
1 hour prior 2026-11-12 07:30 887.24 888.00 -0.76
2 hours prior 2026-11-12 06:30 887.23 888.00 -0.77
6 hours prior 2026-11-12 02:30 887.24 888.00 -0.76
12 hours prior 2026-11-11 20:30 887.24 888.00 -0.76
24 hours prior 2026-11-11 08:30 887.24 888.00 -0.76
48 hours prior 2026-11-10 08:30 887.23 888.00 -0.77
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1938-01-01
Vertical datum NAVD88 +0.31
Dead pool elevation 844.50 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Emergency spillway crest elevation 888.32 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Top of dam elevation 922.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Conservation pool elevation 888.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.31
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2007-04-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2021-08-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source LCRA:1999

Lake Location