Recent changes

2013-02-12: The rating curve for this reservoir has been updated and replaced with data from the Texas Water Development Board's Report 126.

North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir: 86.2% full as of 2021-10-25

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 2021-10-25 86.2 1,046.66 13,269 13,269 15,400 1,369
Yesterday 2021-10-24 87.2 1,046.76 13,430 13,430 15,400 1,380
2 days ago 2021-10-23 86.7 1,046.71 13,349 13,349 15,400 1,374
1 week ago 2021-10-18 86.8 1,046.72 13,365 13,365 15,400 1,375
1 month ago 2021-09-25 88.5 1,046.88 13,625 13,625 15,400 1,393
3 months ago 2021-07-25 99.2 1,047.89 15,272 15,272 15,400 1,495
6 months ago 2021-04-25 93.8 1,047.38 14,449 14,449 15,400 1,446
1 year ago 2020-10-25 93.2 1,047.32 14,348 14,348 15,400 1,439
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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 2021-10-25 11:00 1,046.64 1,048.00 -1.36 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2021-10-25 10:00 1,046.67 1,048.00 -1.33 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2021-10-25 09:00 1,046.67 1,048.00 -1.33 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2021-10-25 05:00 1,046.66 1,048.00 -1.34 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2021-10-24 23:00 1,046.67 1,048.00 -1.33 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2021-10-24 11:00 1,046.76 1,048.00 -1.24 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2021-10-23 11:00 1,046.69 1,048.00 -1.31 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1964-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Gauge USGS:07312380
Service spillway crest elevation 1,048.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,050.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,058.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,048.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1974-10-01 (source: twdb)

Lake Location