Waco Lake: 56.4% full as of 2023-10-04

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 2023-10-04 56.4 450.66 107,025 106,819 189,418 6,124
Yesterday 2023-10-03 56.5 450.68 107,148 106,942 189,418 6,128
2 days ago 2023-10-02 56.6 450.72 107,393 107,187 189,418 6,135
1 week ago 2023-09-27 57.2 450.90 108,501 108,295 189,418 6,174
1 month ago 2023-09-04 59.2 451.52 112,371 112,165 189,418 6,306
3 months ago 2023-07-04 69.2 454.40 131,342 131,136 189,418 6,865
6 months ago 2023-04-04 58.4 451.28 110,863 110,657 189,418 6,259
1 year ago 2022-10-04 60.1 451.79 114,081 113,875 189,418 6,358
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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 2023-10-04 05:15 450.65 462.20 -11.55 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2023-10-04 04:15 450.66 462.20 -11.54 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2023-10-04 03:15 450.66 462.20 -11.54 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2023-10-03 23:15 450.66 462.20 -11.54 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2023-10-03 17:15 450.67 462.20 -11.53 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2023-10-03 05:15 450.69 462.20 -11.51 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2023-10-02 05:15 450.73 462.20 -11.47 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1965-01-01
Gauge USGS:08095550
Vertical datum NAVD88
Dead pool elevation 400.20 ft above NAVD88
Service spillway crest elevation 465.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of flood gate elevation 500.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 500.00 ft above NGVD29
Flood pool elevation 500.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 505.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 510.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation
End date: 2003-01-01
455.20 ft above NAVD88
Conservation pool elevation
Start date: 2003-01-01
462.20 ft above NAVD88
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1965-01-01 (source: USGS)
2011-05-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data

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