Lake Waxahachie: 78.9% full as of 2026-09-13

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 2026-09-13 78.9 527.73 9,309 8,727 11,060 573
Yesterday 2026-09-12 79.3 527.80 9,350 8,768 11,060 575
2 days ago 2026-09-11 79.5 527.84 9,373 8,791 11,060 576
1 week ago 2026-09-06 81.1 528.14 9,547 8,965 11,060 584
1 month ago 2026-08-13 89.0 529.59 10,420 9,838 11,060 619
3 months ago 2026-06-13 100.0 531.94 11,938 11,060 11,060 683
6 months ago 2026-03-13 85.4 528.94 10,022 9,440 11,060 604
1 year ago 2025-09-13 91.6 530.06 10,714 10,132 11,060 633
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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 2026-09-13 22:30 527.68 531.50 -3.82
1 hour prior 2026-09-13 21:30 527.70 531.50 -3.80
2 hours prior 2026-09-13 20:30 527.70 531.50 -3.80
6 hours prior 2026-09-13 16:30 527.72 531.50 -3.78
12 hours prior 2026-09-13 10:30 527.71 531.50 -3.79
24 hours prior 2026-09-12 22:30 527.76 531.50 -3.74
48 hours prior 2026-09-11 22:30 527.85 531.50 -3.65
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1956-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 498.75 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 531.50 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 541.50 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 531.50 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2000-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2020-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08063600
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08063600

Lake Location