Lake Travis: 95.1% full as of 2026-09-03

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 2026-09-03 95.1 678.14 1,061,565 1,044,533 1,098,044 18,385
Yesterday 2026-09-02 95.3 678.24 1,063,405 1,046,373 1,098,044 18,408
2 days ago 2026-09-01 95.5 678.38 1,065,984 1,048,952 1,098,044 18,439
1 week ago 2026-08-27 96.6 678.99 1,077,274 1,060,242 1,098,044 18,576
1 month ago 2026-08-03 99.9 680.95 1,114,124 1,097,092 1,098,044 19,032
3 months ago 2026-06-03 82.0 669.87 917,673 900,641 1,098,044 16,395
6 months ago 2026-03-03 76.2 665.84 853,470 836,438 1,098,044 15,460
1 year ago 2025-09-03 87.7 673.58 980,139 963,107 1,098,044 17,291
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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 2026-09-03 14:00 678.09 681.00 -2.91 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2026-09-03 13:00 678.08 681.00 -2.92 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2026-09-03 12:00 678.09 681.00 -2.91 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2026-09-03 08:00 678.14 681.00 -2.86 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2026-09-03 02:00 678.14 681.00 -2.86 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2026-09-02 14:00 678.24 681.00 -2.76 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2026-09-01 14:00 678.39 681.00 -2.61 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1942-01-01
Vertical datum NAVD88 +0.6
Dead pool elevation 535.75 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Emergency spillway crest elevation 714.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Flood pool elevation 721.40 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Maximum design elevation 745.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Top of dam elevation 750.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Conservation pool elevation 681.00 ft above NAVD88 +0.6
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2008-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2019-11-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source LCRA:3963

Lake Location