E. V. Spence Reservoir: 12.2% full as of 2026-01-30

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 2026-01-30 12.2 1,846.30 63,133 63,133 517,272 3,887
Yesterday 2026-01-29 12.2 1,846.32 63,211 63,211 517,272 3,889
2 days ago 2026-01-28 12.2 1,846.32 63,211 63,211 517,272 3,889
1 week ago 2026-01-23 12.2 1,846.33 63,249 63,249 517,272 3,890
1 month ago 2025-12-30 12.5 1,846.72 64,773 64,773 517,272 3,927
3 months ago 2025-10-30 13.2 1,847.58 68,185 68,185 517,272 4,007
6 months ago 2025-07-30 15.1 1,849.89 78,006 78,006 517,272 4,439
1 year ago 2025-01-30 16.8 1,851.81 86,734 86,734 517,272 4,652
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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 2026-01-30 10:00 1,846.30 1,898.00 -51.70
1 hour prior 2026-01-30 09:00 1,846.30 1,898.00 -51.70
2 hours prior 2026-01-30 08:00 1,846.30 1,898.00 -51.70
6 hours prior 2026-01-30 04:00 1,846.30 1,898.00 -51.70
12 hours prior 2026-01-29 22:00 1,846.30 1,898.00 -51.70
24 hours prior 2026-01-29 10:00 1,846.32 1,898.00 -51.68
48 hours prior 2026-01-28 10:00 1,846.31 1,898.00 -51.69
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1969-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 1,790.00 ft above NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 1,878.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,908.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,928.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,898.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1969-01-01 (source: USGS)
1999-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08123950

Lake Location