Lake J.B. Thomas: 37.8% full as of 2025-05-04

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)
Most recent 2025-05-04 37.8 2,235.87 76,290 75,617 199,931 4,232
1 day prior 2025-05-03 37.9 2,235.91 76,459 75,786 199,931 4,237
2 days prior 2025-05-02 37.9 2,235.92 76,501 75,828 199,931 4,238
1 week prior 2025-04-27 38.0 2,235.95 76,629 75,956 199,931 4,241
1 month prior 2025-04-04 38.9 2,236.36 78,377 77,704 199,931 4,288
3 months prior 2025-02-04 41.1 2,237.39 82,855 82,182 199,931 4,409
6 months prior 2024-11-04 38.2 2,236.04 77,011 76,338 199,931 4,251
1 year prior 2024-05-04 19.3 2,225.60 39,222 38,549 199,931 3,049
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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 2025-05-04 23:45 2,235.86 2,258.00 -22.14
1 hour prior 2025-05-04 22:45 2,235.85 2,258.00 -22.15
2 hours prior 2025-05-04 21:45 2,235.86 2,258.00 -22.14
6 hours prior 2025-05-04 17:45 2,235.88 2,258.00 -22.12
12 hours prior 2025-05-04 11:45 2,235.88 2,258.00 -22.12
24 hours prior 2025-05-03 23:45 2,235.89 2,258.00 -22.11
48 hours prior 2025-05-02 23:45 2,235.91 2,258.00 -22.09
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1952-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 2,200.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 2,258.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 2,264.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 2,267.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 2,275.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 2,280.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 2,258.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1952-01-01 (source: USGS)
1999-11-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08118000

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