Lake Meredith: 42.8% full as of 2026-08-02

Lake Meredith is governed by the Canadian River Compact. The States of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma are all parties to the compact created by agreement of the three states and the federal government in 1950. According to the compact, New Mexico can hold 200,000 acre-feet in Ute Lake before it has to release water to Texas. Texas also can only hold 500,000 acre-feet in Lake Meredith before it has to release water for Oklahoma.

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 2026-08-02 42.8 2,890.32 252,416 214,002 500,000 8,555
1 day prior 2026-08-01 42.9 2,890.36 252,758 214,344 500,000 8,559
2 days prior 2026-07-31 42.9 2,890.39 253,015 214,601 500,000 8,561
1 week prior 2026-07-26 43.2 2,890.56 254,473 216,059 500,000 8,577
1 month prior 2026-07-02 44.1 2,891.07 258,860 220,446 500,000 8,626
3 months prior 2026-05-02 44.9 2,891.52 262,750 224,336 500,000 8,669
6 months prior 2026-02-02 46.6 2,892.49 271,204 232,790 500,000 8,763
1 year prior 2025-08-02 47.6 2,893.10 276,568 238,154 500,000 8,821
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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 2026-08-02 23:30 2,890.32 2,936.50 -46.18
1 hour prior 2026-08-02 22:30 2,890.32 2,936.50 -46.18
2 hours prior 2026-08-02 21:30 2,890.33 2,936.50 -46.17
6 hours prior 2026-08-02 17:30 2,890.32 2,936.50 -46.18
12 hours prior 2026-08-02 11:30 2,890.30 2,936.50 -46.20
24 hours prior 2026-08-01 23:30 2,890.35 2,936.50 -46.15
48 hours prior 2026-07-31 23:30 2,890.38 2,936.50 -46.12
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1965-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 2,850.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 2,965.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 3,004.90 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 3,011.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 2,936.50 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1980-01-01 (source: USBR)
1995-06-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:07227900
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:07227900

Lake Location