texas Reservoir Report
September 22 2023
The history of reservoirs and dams in the USA is closely tied to the country's development and growth. Major river systems like the Colorado, Columbia, and Missouri have been extensively dammed to provide water for irrigation, hydropower, flood control, and recreation. Many of these dams were constructed in the mid-20th century, during a period of rapid infrastructure development, and have since played an essential role in the country's economy and society.
The US has a vast network of dams and reservoirs, with over 90,000 dams across the country, including 2,500 major dams. Many of these dams are located on major river systems, such as the Colorado River, where they have significant hydrological impacts on the river's flow and ecosystem. Dams can also have important climatic impacts, influencing the amount of water available for irrigation, and potentially affecting regional climates. For example, the construction of large reservoirs in arid regions like the Colorado River basin can lead to increased evaporation rates, reducing the amount of water available for other uses. Additionally, climate change may exacerbate existing hydrological and climatic concerns, potentially leading to more frequent and severe droughts and floods in certain regions.
Location | Observation | 24hr Change (%) | Percent Normal (%) | Elevation (ft) |
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Lk Meredith Nr Sanford
Texas • ID 07227900 |
2,892 ft | 0 | 100 | 2919.2 |
Palo Duro Res Nr Spearman
Texas • ID 07233550 |
2,847 ft | 0 | 100 | 2937.59 |
Mackenzie Res Nr Silverton
Texas • ID 07298100 |
3,016 ft | 0 | 100 | 3033.23 |
Greenbelt Lk Nr Clarendon
Texas • ID 07299840 |
2,618 ft | 0 | 100 | 2661.88 |
Lk Kemp Nr Mabelle
Texas • ID 07312000 |
1,136 ft | 0 | 100 | 1150.18 |
Lk Electra Nr Electra
Texas • ID 07312180 |
1,089 ft | 0.01 | 100 | 1111.27 |
N Fk Buffalo Ck Res Nr Iowa Pk
Texas • ID 07312380 |
1,047 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 1052.42 |
Lk Kickapoo Nr Archer City
Texas • ID 07314000 |
1,036 ft | 0 | 100 | 1049.06 |
Lk Arrowhead Nr Henrietta
Texas • ID 07314800 |
917 ft | 0 | 100 | 938.76 |
Lk Nocona Nr Nocona
Texas • ID 07315600 |
822 ft | 0 | 100 | 823.5 |
Moss Lk Nr Gainesville
Texas • ID 07315950 |
712 ft | 0 | 100 | 716.75 |
Randell Lk Nr Denison
Texas • ID 07331700 |
598 ft | -0.01 | 98 | 622.59 |
Lk Bonham Nr Bonham
Texas • ID 07332610 |
563 ft | 0.01 | 100 | 567.44 |
Pat Mayse Lk Nr Chicota
Texas • ID 07335390 |
450 ft | 0 | 100 | 450.36 |
Lk Crook Nr Paris
Texas • ID 07335600 |
474 ft | 0.02 | 100 | 461.03 |
Jim L. Chapman Lk Nr Cooper
Texas • ID 07342495 |
438 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 402.34 |
Lk Sulphur Springs Nr Sulphur Springs
Texas • ID 07343460 |
458 ft | 0 | 100 | 459.27 |
Wright Patman Lk Nr Texarkana
Texas • ID 07344200 |
224 ft | 0 | 100 | 225.66 |
Lk Cypress Spgs Nr Mount Vernon
Texas • ID 07344484 |
376 ft | 0.01 | None | 350.89 |
Monticello Res Nr Mount Pleasant
Texas • ID 07344488 |
335 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 341.12 |
Lk Bob Sandlin Nr Mount Pleasant
Texas • ID 07344489 |
336 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 337.84 |
Lk O The Pines Nr Jefferson
Texas • ID 07345900 |
229 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 226.32 |
Lk Tawakoni Nr Wills Point
Texas • ID 08017400 |
435 ft | 0 | 100 | 420.9 |
Lake Fork Res Nr Quitman
Texas • ID 08018800 |
400 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 358.09 |
Martin Lk Nr Tatum
Texas • ID 08022060 |
302 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 291.92 |
Murvaul Lk Nr Gary
Texas • ID 08022200 |
263 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 267.23 |
Toledo Bd Res Nr Burkeville
Texas • ID 08025350 |
168 ft | -0.02 | 100 | 168.44 |
Lk Athens Nr Athens
Texas • ID 08031290 |
438 ft | 0 | 100 | 437.58 |
Lk Palestine Nr Frankston
Texas • ID 08031400 |
342 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 341.12 |
Lk Jacksonville Nr Jacksonville
Texas • ID 08032200 |
419 ft | 0 | 100 | 416.56 |
Lk Tyler Nr Whitehouse
Texas • ID 08034000 |
372 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 391.95 |
Lk Nacogdoches Nr Nacogdoches
Texas • ID 08036700 |
276 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 278.8 |
Sam Rayburn Res Nr Jasper
Texas • ID 08039300 |
161 ft | 0.02 | 100 | 160.72 |
B. A. Steinhagen Lk At Town Bluff
Texas • ID 08040000 |
82 ft | 0 | 100 | 82.98 |
Lost Ck Res Nr Jacksboro
Texas • ID 08042820 |
1,006 ft | 0 | 100 | 1016.8 |
Bridgeport Res Abv Bridgeport
Texas • ID 08043000 |
836 ft | 0 | 101 | 833.12 |
Lk Amon G Carter Nr Bowie
Texas • ID 08043700 |
917 ft | 0 | 100 | 911.48 |
Eagle Mtn Res Abv Ft Worth
Texas • ID 08045000 |
649 ft | 0 | 100 | 646.16 |
Lk Worth Abv Ft Worth
Texas • ID 08045400 |
593 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 580.33 |
Lk Weatherford Nr Weatherford
Texas • ID 08045800 |
887 ft | 0 | 100 | 904.1 |
Benbrook Lk Nr Benbrook
Texas • ID 08046500 |
681 ft | 0 | 100 | 688.8 |
Lk Arlington At Arlington
Texas • ID 08049200 |
545 ft | 0.02 | 100 | 547.76 |
Joe Pool Lk Nr Duncanville
Texas • ID 08049800 |
520 ft | 0 | 100 | 551.49 |
Mountain Ck Lk Nr Grand Prairie
Texas • ID 08050050 |
456 ft | 0 | 100 | 450.52 |
Ray Roberts Lk Nr Pilot Point
Texas • ID 08051100 |
630 ft | 0 | 100 | 637.89 |
Lewisville Lk Nr Lewisville
Texas • ID 08052800 |
523 ft | -0.02 | 100 | 518.18 |
Grapevine Lk Nr Grapevine
Texas • ID 08054500 |
530 ft | 0 | 100 | 531.36 |
Lavon Lk Nr Lavon
Texas • ID 08060500 |
486 ft | 0 | 100 | 487.33 |
Lk Ray Hubbard Nr Forney
Texas • ID 08061550 |
431 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 434.6 |
New Terrell City Lk Nr Terrell
Texas • ID 08062730 |
491 ft | -0.01 | 98 | 501.84 |
Cedar Ck Res Nr Trinidad
Texas • ID 08063010 |
318 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 318.16 |
Navarro Mills Lk Nr Dawson
Texas • ID 08063050 |
422 ft | 0 | 100 | 425.91 |
Lk Waxahachie Nr Waxahachie
Texas • ID 08063600 |
524 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 534.97 |
Bardwell Lk Nr Ennis
Texas • ID 08063700 |
419 ft | 0 | 100 | 408.36 |
Halbert Lk Nr Corsicana
Texas • ID 08064510 |
365 ft | 0 | 100 | 369 |
Richland-Chambers Res Nr Kerens
Texas • ID 08064550 |
312 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 314.88 |
Houston County Lk Nr Crockett
Texas • ID 08065330 |
257 ft | 0 | 100 | 259.12 |
Livingston Res Nr Goodrich
Texas • ID 08066190 |
127 ft | -0.01 | 98 | 127.92 |
Lk Charlotte Nr Anahuac
Texas • ID 08067118 |
22 deg C | -3.02 | 83 | 0.97 |
Lk Conroe Nr Conroe
Texas • ID 08067600 |
379,800 ac-ft | -0.11 | 99 | 201.96 |
Lk Houston Nr Sheldon
Texas • ID 08072000 |
42 ft | -0.14 | 100 | 42.01 |
Barker Res Nr Addicks
Texas • ID 08072500 |
0 in | None | None | 80.11 |
Addicks Res Nr Addicks
Texas • ID 08073000 |
45 ac-ft | -3.57 | 1 | 84.65 |
Lk Alan Henry Res Nr Justiceburg
Texas • ID 08079700 |
2,215 ft | 0 | 100 | 2223.3 |
White Rv Res Nr Spur
Texas • ID 08080910 |
2,351 ft | 0 | 100 | 2362.6 |
Millers Ck Res Nr Bomarton
Texas • ID 08082800 |
1,325 ft | 0 | 100 | 1331.68 |
Lk Sweetwater Nr Sweetwater
Texas • ID 08083200 |
2,104 ft | 0 | 100 | 2122.2 |
Lk Abilene Nr Buffalo Gap
Texas • ID 08083270 |
1,997 ft | 0 | 100 | 2007.36 |
Ft Phantom Hill Res Nr Nugent
Texas • ID 08083500 |
1,629 ft | 0 | 100 | 1630.16 |
Lk Stamford Nr Haskell
Texas • ID 08084500 |
1,414 ft | 0 | 100 | 1410.4 |
Lk Cisco Nr Cisco
Texas • ID 08086215 |
1,511 ft | 0 | 100 | 1508.8 |
Hubbard Ck Res Nr Breckenridge
Texas • ID 08086400 |
1,174 ft | 0 | 100 | 1181.24 |
Lk Daniel Nr Breckenridge
Texas • ID 08086600 |
1,267 ft | 0 | 100 | 1271.87 |
Lk Graham Nr Graham
Texas • ID 08088400 |
1,069 ft | 0 | 100 | 1035.91 |
Possum Kingdom Lk Nr Graford
Texas • ID 08088500 |
996 ft | 0 | 100 | 1000.4 |
Lk Palo Pinto Nr Santo
Texas • ID 08090300 |
856 ft | 0 | 100 | 869.2 |
Lk Mineral Wells Nr Mineral Wells
Texas • ID 08090700 |
858 ft | 0 | 100 | 865.92 |
Lk Granbury Nr Granbury
Texas • ID 08090900 |
691 ft | 0 | 100 | 692.08 |
Squaw Ck Res Nr Glen Rose
Texas • ID 08091730 |
774 ft | 0 | 100 | 774.08 |
Lk Pat Cleburne Nr Cleburne
Texas • ID 08091900 |
727 ft | 0 | 100 | 733.67 |
Whitney Lk Nr Whitney
Texas • ID 08092500 |
524 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 521.52 |
Aquilla Lk Abv Aquilla
Texas • ID 08093350 |
532 ft | -0.08 | 100 | 540.52 |
Waco Lk Nr Waco
Texas • ID 08095550 |
451 ft | -0.01 | 99 | 455.92 |
Leon Res Nr Ranger
Texas • ID 08099000 |
1,365 ft | 0 | 100 | 1374.32 |
Proctor Lk Nr Proctor
Texas • ID 08099400 |
1 mph | -58.06 | 29 | 1161.12 |
Belton Lk Nr Belton
Texas • ID 08102000 |
575 ft | -0.01 | 98 | 590.4 |
Stillhouse Hollow Lk Nr Belton
Texas • ID 08104050 |
603 ft | 0 | 98 | 629.49 |
Lk Georgetown Nr Georgetown
Texas • ID 08104650 |
771 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 783.92 |
Granger Lk Nr Granger
Texas • ID 08105600 |
500 ft | 0 | 100 | 505.12 |
Somerville Lk Nr Somerville
Texas • ID 08109900 |
232 ft | 0 | 99 | 236.16 |
Lk Mexia Nr Mexia
Texas • ID 08110300 |
446 ft | 0 | 100 | 447.39 |
Lk Limestone Nr Marquez
Texas • ID 08110470 |
359 ft | -0.01 | 100 | 360.79 |
Lk J. B. Thomas Nr Vincent
Texas • ID 08118000 |
2,225 ft | 0 | 100 | 2256.64 |
Lk Colorado City Nr Colorado City
Texas • ID 08123000 |
2,057 ft | 0 | 100 | 2063.12 |
Champion Ck Res Nr Colorado City
Texas • ID 08123600 |
2,068 ft | 0 | 100 | 2103.64 |
Natural Dam Salt Lk Nr Big Spring
Texas • ID 08123640 |
2,447 ft | 0 | None | 2450.06 |
Moss Ck Lk Nr Coahoma
Texas • ID 08123755 |
2,332 ft | 0.01 | 100 | 2334.87 |
E. V. Spence Res Nr Robert Lee
Texas • ID 08123950 |
1,851 ft | 0 | 100 | 1865.53 |
Oak Ck Res Nr Blackwell
Texas • ID 08125500 |
1,985 ft | 0 | 100 | 1997.52 |
Twin Buttes Res Nr San Angelo
Texas • ID 08131200 |
1,910 ft | 0 | 100 | 1928.29 |
O. C. Fisher Lk At San Angelo
Texas • ID 08134500 |
1,857 ft | 0 | 100 | 1879.57 |
O. H. Ivie Res Nr Voss
Texas • ID 08136600 |
1,534 ft | 0 | 100 | 1532.73 |
Lk Coleman Nr Novice
Texas • ID 08140770 |
1,709 ft | 0 | 100 | 1721 |
Hords Ck Lk Nr Valera
Texas • ID 08141000 |
1,880 ft | 0 | 100 | 1903.6 |
Lk Brownwood Nr Brownwood
Texas • ID 08143000 |
1,421 ft | 0 | 100 | 1416.96 |
Brady Ck Res Nr Brady
Texas • ID 08144900 |
1,730 ft | 0 | 100 | 1738.4 |
Lk Travis Nr Austin
Texas • ID 08154500 |
630 ft | -0.01 | 98 | 690.4 |
Lk Texana Nr Edna
Texas • ID 08164525 |
39 ft | -0.1 | 95 | 9.3 |
Canyon Lk Nr New Braunfels
Texas • ID 08167700 |
891 ft | -0.01 | 99 | 908.56 |
Coleto Ck Res Nr Victoria
Texas • ID r08177400 |
94 ft | 0 | 98 | 98.36 |
Medina Lk Nr San Antonio
Texas • ID 08179500 |
977 ft | 0 | 96 | 1062.72 |
Choke Canyon Res Nr Three Rivers
Texas • ID 08206900 |
194 ft | -0.01 | 96 | 212.03 |
Lk Corpus Christi Nr Mathis
Texas • ID 08210500 |
87 ft | -0.03 | 99 | 82.47 |
Red Bluff Res Nr Orla
Texas • ID 08410000 |
2,819 ft | 0 | 100 | 2829.21 |
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