Lake Palestine: 100.0% full as of 2026-01-27

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 2026-01-27 100.0 345.08 369,165 367,303 367,303 - n.a. -
Yesterday 2026-01-26 100.0 345.14 370,558 367,303 367,303 - n.a. -
2 days ago 2026-01-25 100.0 345.24 372,886 367,303 367,303 - n.a. -
1 week ago 2026-01-20 99.6 344.94 365,928 365,919 367,303 23,059
1 month ago 2025-12-27 99.4 344.91 365,236 365,227 367,303 23,032
3 months ago 2025-10-27 98.2 344.72 360,876 360,867 367,303 22,862
6 months ago 2025-07-27 99.0 344.84 363,627 363,618 367,303 22,969
1 year ago 2025-01-27 100.0 345.16 371,023 367,303 367,303 - n.a. -
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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 2026-01-27 04:00 345.08 345.00 0.08
1 hour prior 2026-01-27 03:00 345.07 345.00 0.07
2 hours prior 2026-01-27 02:00 345.10 345.00 0.10
6 hours prior 2026-01-26 22:00 345.10 345.00 0.10
12 hours prior 2026-01-26 16:00 345.11 345.00 0.11
24 hours prior 2026-01-26 04:00 345.24 345.00 0.24
48 hours prior 2026-01-25 04:00 - n.a. - - n.a. - - n.a. -
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1962-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 298.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 298.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 345.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 355.30 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 364.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 345.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2003-06-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2012-08-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08031400

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