Medina Lake: 29.6% full as of 2026-08-29

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 2026-08-29 29.6 1,021.64 75,507 75,507 254,823 2,520
Yesterday 2026-08-28 29.6 1,021.64 75,507 75,507 254,823 2,520
2 days ago 2026-08-27 29.7 1,021.66 75,558 75,558 254,823 2,521
1 week ago 2026-08-22 29.8 1,021.79 75,886 75,886 254,823 2,531
1 month ago 2026-07-29 29.3 1,021.30 74,654 74,654 254,823 2,497
3 months ago 2026-05-29 4.0 977.17 10,124 10,124 254,823 732
6 months ago 2026-02-28 4.2 978.01 10,748 10,748 254,823 754
1 year ago 2025-08-29 6.2 984.01 15,749 15,749 254,823 922
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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 2026-08-29 00:00 1,021.64 1,064.20 -42.56
1 hour prior 2026-08-28 23:00 1,021.64 1,064.20 -42.56
2 hours prior 2026-08-28 22:00 1,021.63 1,064.20 -42.57
6 hours prior 2026-08-28 18:00 1,021.64 1,064.20 -42.56
12 hours prior 2026-08-28 12:00 1,021.65 1,064.20 -42.55
24 hours prior 2026-08-28 00:00 1,021.64 1,064.20 -42.56
48 hours prior 2026-08-27 00:00 1,021.66 1,064.20 -42.54
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1913-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation 912.20 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,064.50 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,072.30 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,076.20 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,064.20 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1913-01-01 (source: USGS)
1995-07-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08179500
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08179500

Lake Location