North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir: 78.6% full as of 2026-04-01

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)
Most recent 2026-04-01 78.6 1,045.89 12,098 12,098 15,400 1,286
1 day prior 2026-03-31 78.9 1,045.93 12,156 12,156 15,400 1,290
2 days prior 2026-03-30 79.0 1,045.94 12,170 12,170 15,400 1,291
1 week prior 2026-03-25 79.4 1,045.98 12,229 12,229 15,400 1,296
1 month prior 2026-03-01 82.3 1,046.28 12,677 12,677 15,400 1,328
3 months prior 2026-01-01 83.6 1,046.41 12,876 12,876 15,400 1,342
6 months prior 2025-10-01 93.7 1,047.37 14,432 14,432 15,400 1,445
1 year prior 2025-04-01 35.8 1,039.86 5,510 5,510 15,400 759
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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 2026-04-01 23:30 1,045.98 1,048.00 -2.02
1 hour prior 2026-04-01 22:30 1,045.93 1,048.00 -2.07
2 hours prior 2026-04-01 21:30 1,045.95 1,048.00 -2.05
6 hours prior 2026-04-01 17:30 1,045.88 1,048.00 -2.12
12 hours prior 2026-04-01 11:30 1,045.82 1,048.00 -2.18
24 hours prior 2026-03-31 23:30 1,045.92 1,048.00 -2.08
48 hours prior 2026-03-30 23:30 1,045.96 1,048.00 -2.04
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1964-01-01
Vertical datum NGVD29
Service spillway crest elevation 1,048.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 1,050.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 1,058.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 1,048.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

1974-10-01 (source: TWDB)
Data Source USGS:07312380

Lake Location