North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir: 84.0% full as of 2026-01-07

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 2026-01-07 84.0 1,046.45 12,938 12,938 15,400 1,346
Yesterday 2026-01-06 84.0 1,046.45 12,938 12,938 15,400 1,346
2 days ago 2026-01-05 84.3 1,046.48 12,985 12,985 15,400 1,349
1 week ago 2025-12-31 84.2 1,046.47 12,970 12,970 15,400 1,348
1 month ago 2025-12-07 86.0 1,046.64 13,238 13,238 15,400 1,366
3 months ago 2025-10-07 92.6 1,047.27 14,266 14,266 15,400 1,434
6 months ago 2025-07-07 100.0 1,048.12 15,672 15,400 15,400 1,521
1 year ago 2025-01-07 39.6 1,040.55 6,092 6,092 15,400 809
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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 2026-01-07 19:30 1,046.44 1,048.00 -1.56
1 hour prior 2026-01-07 18:30 1,046.40 1,048.00 -1.60
2 hours prior 2026-01-07 17:30 1,046.50 1,048.00 -1.50
6 hours prior 2026-01-07 13:30 1,046.49 1,048.00 -1.51
12 hours prior 2026-01-07 07:30 1,046.49 1,048.00 -1.51
24 hours prior 2026-01-06 19:30 1,046.40 1,048.00 -1.60
48 hours prior 2026-01-05 19:30 1,046.45 1,048.00 -1.55
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1964-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
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)
Data Source USGS:07312380

Lake Location