Lake Palo Pinto: 92.2% full as of 2026-07-30

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 2026-07-30 92.2 866.03 25,061 24,675 26,766 2,136
Yesterday 2026-07-29 91.7 865.97 24,933 24,547 26,766 2,133
2 days ago 2026-07-28 92.1 866.02 25,040 24,654 26,766 2,135
1 week ago 2026-07-23 93.7 866.22 25,468 25,082 26,766 2,143
1 month ago 2026-06-30 96.7 866.59 26,264 25,878 26,766 2,158
3 months ago 2026-04-30 95.1 866.39 25,833 25,447 26,766 2,150
6 months ago 2026-01-30 94.2 866.28 25,597 25,211 26,766 2,146
1 year ago 2025-07-30 95.7 866.47 26,005 25,619 26,766 2,153
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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 2026-07-30 15:15 865.63 867.00 -1.37
1 hour prior 2026-07-30 14:15 865.61 867.00 -1.39
2 hours prior 2026-07-30 13:15 865.69 867.00 -1.31
6 hours prior 2026-07-30 09:15 865.97 867.00 -1.03
12 hours prior 2026-07-30 03:15 866.08 867.00 -0.92
24 hours prior 2026-07-29 15:15 865.84 867.00 -1.16
48 hours prior 2026-07-28 15:15 865.68 867.00 -1.32
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1964-04-16
Vertical datum NGVD29
Dead pool elevation
Start date: 2007-06-01 		835.00 ft above NGVD29
Dead pool elevation
End date: 2007-06-01 		835.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 867.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 898.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation
Start date: 2007-06-01 		867.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation
End date: 2007-06-01 		867.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2007-06-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
Data Source USGS:08090300
USGS Monitoring Location USGS:08090300

Lake Location