Joe Pool Lake: 96.0% full as of 2025-09-16

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 2025-09-16 96.0 521.10 145,088 143,718 149,629 6,435
Yesterday 2025-09-15 96.1 521.11 145,152 143,782 149,629 6,438
2 days ago 2025-09-14 96.2 521.14 145,346 143,976 149,629 6,447
1 week ago 2025-09-09 96.7 521.24 145,992 144,622 149,629 6,478
1 month ago 2025-08-16 98.6 521.69 148,939 147,569 149,629 6,611
3 months ago 2025-06-16 100.0 524.56 168,844 149,629 149,629 7,250
6 months ago 2025-03-16 100.0 522.52 154,510 149,629 149,629 6,804
1 year ago 2024-09-16 99.3 521.84 149,933 148,563 149,629 6,646
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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 2025-09-16 14:00 521.09 522.00 -0.91 below flood pool
1 hour prior 2025-09-16 13:00 521.10 522.00 -0.90 below flood pool
2 hours prior 2025-09-16 12:00 521.09 522.00 -0.91 below flood pool
6 hours prior 2025-09-16 08:00 521.10 522.00 -0.90 below flood pool
12 hours prior 2025-09-16 02:00 521.11 522.00 -0.89 below flood pool
24 hours prior 2025-09-15 14:00 521.11 522.00 -0.89 below flood pool
48 hours prior 2025-09-14 14:00 521.13 522.00 -0.87 below flood pool
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1986-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 466.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 541.00 ft above NGVD29
Flood pool elevation 536.00 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 559.50 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 564.50 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 522.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1970-01-01 (source: USACE)
2022-05-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08049800

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