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Lake Buchanan water level today

Lake Buchanan is 95.9% full, 1.61 ft below its conservation pool of 1,020.0 ft, as of October 18, 2026. Over the past week the lake is down 0.13 ft; compared with a year ago it is up 0.33 ft. That is 6.73 ft above the 10-year average for October 18 (1,011.66 ft). The lake has been lower on this date in 72 of the 84 years on record.

Water level1,018.39 ftfeet above mean sea level
Percent full95.9%of conservation storage
vs. full pool-1.61 ftpool 1,020.0 ft
7-day change-0.13 ft
30-day change-0.15 ft
1-year change+0.33 ft

Past 12 months

9961,0021,0091,0151,022NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctConservation pool 1,020.0 ft

Past 12 monthsYear before

Last 30 days

DateLevel (ft)Percent full
Oct 181,018.3995.9%
Oct 171,018.4295.9%
Oct 161,018.5196.2%
Oct 151,018.5196.2%
Oct 141,018.5196.2%
Oct 131,018.5196.2%
Oct 121,018.5196.2%
Oct 111,018.5296.2%
Oct 101,018.5496.2%
Oct 91,018.5696.3%
Oct 81,018.5696.3%
Oct 71,018.5796.3%
Oct 61,018.5896.3%
Oct 51,018.5896.3%
Oct 41,018.5496.2%
Oct 31,018.5196.2%
Oct 21,018.5196.2%
Oct 11,018.4295.9%
Sep 301,018.2895.6%
Sep 291,018.3195.7%
Sep 281,018.3595.8%
Sep 271,018.3595.8%
Sep 261,018.3795.8%
Sep 251,018.4195.9%
Sep 241,018.4396.0%
Sep 231,018.4596.0%
Sep 221,018.4896.1%
Sep 211,018.5096.1%
Sep 201,018.4996.1%
Sep 191,018.5196.2%
Sep 181,018.5496.2%

This date in past years

DateLevel (ft)Today vs. then
October 18, 20251,018.06+0.33
October 18, 20241,004.54+13.85
October 18, 2023992.20+26.19
October 18, 20221,003.05+15.34
October 18, 20211,015.49+2.90
October 18, 20201,014.72+3.67
October 18, 20191,016.10+2.29
October 18, 20181,018.59-0.20
October 18, 20171,015.99+2.40
October 18, 20161,017.90+0.49

Records

Highest level on record: 1,021.26 ft (December 21, 1991). Lowest: 966.90 ft (September 30, 1937). Records in this series start June 30, 1937; early years are monthly readings.

About these numbers

Levels are daily averages in feet above mean sea level, estimated by the Texas Water Development Board from gauges run by TWDB and partner agencies. "Percent full" compares water in conservation storage with the lake's conservation capacity of 866,694 acre-feet; flood storage above the conservation pool is not counted, so a lake can read 100% while still rising. Latest reading: October 18, 2026. Official TWDB page for Lake Buchanan.

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