Medina Lake: 27.3% 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 27.3 1,019.17 69,495 69,495 254,823 2,347
Yesterday 2026-11-11 27.2 1,019.05 69,214 69,214 254,823 2,338
2 days ago 2026-11-10 26.9 1,018.80 68,632 68,632 254,823 2,322
1 week ago 2026-11-05 26.8 1,018.64 68,261 68,261 254,823 2,313
1 month ago 2026-10-12 28.6 1,020.54 72,777 72,777 254,823 2,444
3 months ago 2026-08-12 30.1 1,022.08 76,623 76,623 254,823 2,550
6 months ago 2026-05-12 3.9 976.76 9,827 9,827 254,823 721
1 year ago 2025-11-12 5.2 981.10 13,202 13,202 254,823 833
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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 17:00 1,019.24 1,064.20 -44.96
1 hour prior 2026-11-12 16:00 1,019.24 1,064.20 -44.96
2 hours prior 2026-11-12 15:00 1,019.23 1,064.20 -44.97
6 hours prior 2026-11-12 11:00 1,019.21 1,064.20 -44.99
12 hours prior 2026-11-12 05:00 1,019.17 1,064.20 -45.03
24 hours prior 2026-11-11 17:00 1,019.10 1,064.20 -45.10
48 hours prior 2026-11-10 17:00 1,018.86 1,064.20 -45.34
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1913-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 912.20 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,064.50 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,072.30 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,076.20 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,064.20 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1913-01-01 (source: USGS)
1995-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08179500
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08179500

Lake Location