Lake Palestine: 99.2% full as of 2026-01-06

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)
Most recent 2026-01-06 99.2 344.87 364,316 364,307 367,303 22,996
1 day prior 2026-01-05 99.1 344.85 363,856 363,847 367,303 22,978
2 days prior 2026-01-04 99.2 344.88 364,546 364,537 367,303 23,005
1 week prior 2025-12-30 99.4 344.90 365,005 364,996 367,303 23,023
1 month prior 2025-12-06 99.8 344.97 366,620 366,611 367,303 23,085
3 months prior 2025-10-06 97.9 344.66 359,507 359,498 367,303 22,808
6 months prior 2025-07-06 100.0 345.10 369,628 367,303 367,303 - n.a. -
1 year prior 2025-01-06 100.0 345.36 375,691 367,303 367,303 - 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 2026-01-06 23:00 344.89 345.00 -0.11
1 hour prior 2026-01-06 22:00 344.88 345.00 -0.12
2 hours prior 2026-01-06 21:00 344.89 345.00 -0.11
6 hours prior 2026-01-06 17:00 344.89 345.00 -0.11
12 hours prior 2026-01-06 11:00 344.88 345.00 -0.12
24 hours prior 2026-01-05 23:00 344.89 345.00 -0.11
48 hours prior 2026-01-04 23:00 344.87 345.00 -0.13
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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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