Texas lake levels today: Texas lakes

36 of 39 Texas lakes are below full pool today. Cedar Creek Reservoir is the lowest for the date, B. A. Steinhagen Lake the highest.

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Data as of November 4, 2026. Pictured: Cedar Creek Reservoir.

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Pictured: Lake Meredith, which is 49.2 ft below full today.

39 Texas lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
36 Below full poolOut of 39 with a published full pool; 3 are at or above it.
10 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 39 with five or more years of history; 3 are higher than usual.
31 Lower than a year agoOut of 39 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every Texas lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, Cedar Creek Reservoir is the emptiest Texas lake today (6.2 ft below full) and B. A. Steinhagen Lake the fullest (at full pool).

Compared with a year ago, Twin Buttes Reservoir has dropped the most (11.1 ft lower) and Canyon Lake has gained the most (17.2 ft higher).

10 of 39 lakes are lower than usual for early November, measured against each lake's own past years on today's date.

Select a column heading to sort the table. Each lake links to its own page with a 12-month chart and the dock check.

Texas lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

Cedar Creek Reservoir	315.78	72.1%	0th pct	−4.40	−3.41
Lake Bob Sandlin	334.55	86.7%	0th pct	−1.78	−1.63
Sam Rayburn Reservoir	152.77	60.6%	7th pct	−7.37	−2.94
Twin Buttes Reservoir	1,894.13	4.5%	8th pct	−12.85	−11.11
Lake Ray Hubbard	431.70	72.6%	8th pct	−2.12	−2.03
Pat Mayse Lake	448.64	88.4%	9th pct	−0.94	−0.32
Lake O' the Pines	227.13	−1.4 ft	17th pct	−1.30	−1.36
Jim Chapman Lake	434.08	68.1%	20th pct	−2.71	−2.50
Navarro Mills Lake	422.16	78.6%	20th pct	−1.18	−1.74
Aquilla Lake	534.48	79.9%	23rd pct	−1.61	−1.67
Lake Bridgeport	826.55	70.5%	25th pct	−5.82	−5.42
Eagle Mountain Lake	642.87	73.3%	25th pct	−4.44	−3.78
Lake Limestone	359.85	81.0%	25th pct	−1.12	−1.31
Richland-Chambers Reservoir	312.25	89.9%	25th pct	−0.93	−0.99
Lake Worth	591.79	70.5%	25th pct	−0.80	−0.83
Joe Pool Lake	519.80	90.6%	27th pct	−0.95	−0.84
Proctor Lake	1,155.93	56.4%	30th pct	−2.57	−3.57
Bardwell Lake	418.80	85.5%	30th pct	−1.26	−1.74
Somerville Lake	236.09	86.2%	37th pct	−1.37	+0.32
Ray Roberts Lake	630.61	93.3%	40th pct	−0.46	−0.94
Benbrook Lake	687.49	74.6%	43rd pct	−1.72	−3.46
Lewisville Lake	517.93	82.5%	43rd pct	−1.00	−3.15
Stillhouse Hollow Lake	620.57	96.1%	43rd pct	−0.60	−0.96
Hords Creek Lake	1,888.15	44.8%	43rd pct	−0.47	−3.77
Lake Waco	458.84	87.0%	43rd pct	−0.34	−2.65
Grapevine Lake	532.49	90.3%	47th pct	−0.62	−2.20
Granger Lake	503.92	99.4%	47th pct	−0.20	+0.29
Belton Lake	592.58	96.0%	47th pct	−0.06	−0.87
O. H. Ivie Reservoir	1,528.95	40.0%	50th pct	−0.28	−3.54
Lavon Lake	487.48	78.5%	50th pct	+0.10	−1.61
Canyon Lake	907.27	96.3%	50th pct	+0.23	+17.18
Lake Georgetown	784.36	78.7%	60th pct	+3.29	+2.01
Lake Texoma	617.20	93.6%	64th pct	+1.10	+0.69
Lake Whitney	530.39	90.3%	67th pct	+2.42	−1.22
Wright Patman Lake	224.85	+0.5 ft	73rd pct	+0.35	+0.26
O. C. Fisher Lake	1,871.92	10.5%	73rd pct	+4.71	−4.76
Lake Travis	677.20	93.9%	83rd pct	+11.18	+8.13
Lake Meredith	2,892.13	23.4%	91st pct	+4.90	−0.96
B. A. Steinhagen Lake	82.94	102.3%	100th pct	+0.42	+0.17

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Texas lake questions

Which Texas lake is the fullest right now?

B. A. Steinhagen Lake: at full pool, holding 102.3% of its conservation storage.

Which Texas lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, Cedar Creek Reservoir (6.2 ft below full). Measured against its own normal for the date, Cedar Creek Reservoir (much lower than usual).

How is this ranking made?

Lakes that publish storage are ranked by percent of conservation storage. The rest are placed by their distance from full pool. Natural lakes without a full pool sit at the end, compared only with their normal for the date.