Medina Lake
Medina Lake is a 2,511-acre reservoir on the Medina River in Texas. You will find it in Bandera County. Bexar-Medina-Atascosa…
30% fullReservoir
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Lake beaches and swimming lakes in Texas
Texas has more reservoirs with public water data than any other state, and the numbers are unusually easy to check. The Texas Water Development Board publishes conservation pool elevation, current elevation and percent full for 122 reservoirs in one feed, and the U.S. Geological Survey runs 163 active lake gauges across the state. That combination is why a Texas lake page can tell you not only how deep the water is today, but how far it sits below the level the reservoir was designed to hold.
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Lakes in Texas on the map
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Lakes in Texas
Each page has the live water level, weather, access points and sources.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Sam Rayburn Reservoir spreads across Deep East Texas about 70 miles north of Beaumont, fed by the Angelina River. The Army Corps…
67% fullReservoir
Lake Buchanan
Lake Buchanan is a reservoir of some 22,202 acres on the Colorado River, in Texas. The lake is in Llano County. It is managed by…
97% fullReservoir
Lake Travis
Lake Travis is the Colorado River reservoir west of Austin, held back by Mandalay Dam and managed by the Lower Colorado River…
94% fullReservoir
Lake Texoma
Lake Texoma is a 72,633-acre reservoir on the Red River in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Marshall County. It is managed by…
97% fullReservoir
Grapevine Lake
Grapevine Lake is a 6,202-acre reservoir on the Denton Creek in Texas. It lies in Denton County. It is managed by USACE Fort…
93% fullReservoir
Cedar Creek Reservoir
Cedar Creek Reservoir is a 27,725-acre reservoir on the outflow = in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Henderson County. Tarrant…
75% fullReservoir
Choke Canyon Reservoir
Choke Canyon Reservoir covers about 10,589 acres of the Frio River in Texas. The lake is in Live Oak County. It is managed by…
23% fullReservoir1 beach
Canyon Lake
Fed by the Salt River, Canyon Lake holds roughly 950 acres of water in Arizona. It lies in Maricopa County. Management is in the…
100% fullReservoir
Lake Corpus Christi
Lake Corpus Christi is a 18,754-acre reservoir on the Nueces River in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Live Oak County. City of…
87% fullReservoir
Belton Lake
Belton Lake is a 12,177-acre reservoir on the Leon River in Texas. The lake is in Bell County. USACE Fort Worth District manages…
97% fullReservoir
Lake Conroe
Lake Conroe is a 19,337-acre reservoir on the outflow = in Texas. It lies in Montgomery County. Management is in the hands of San…
95% fullReservoir2 beaches
Lake Livingston
Fed by the Trinity River, Lake Livingston holds roughly 74,128 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in San Jacinto County.…
94% fullReservoir
Lavon Lake
Lavon Lake is a reservoir of some 19,236 acres on the catchment_sqmi =, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Collin County. It is…
84% fullReservoir
Lewisville Lake
Lewisville Lake is a 25,251-acre reservoir on the catchment = in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Denton County. Management is…
87% fullReservoir
Lake Tawakoni
Lake Tawakoni is a reservoir of some 35,401 acres on the Sabine River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Hunt County. Sabine…
93% fullReservoir1 beach
Amistad Reservoir
Fed by the Rio Grande, Amistad Reservoir holds roughly 20,756 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in Val Verde County. This…
39% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Ray Roberts
Lake Ray Roberts is a 27,535-acre reservoir on the Elm Fork Trinity River in Texas. It lies in Denton County. Management is in…
95% fullReservoir
Lake Palestine
Fed by the location = Texas, United States, Lake Palestine holds roughly 21,905 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in…
92% fullReservoir
Lake Worth
Lake Worth covers about 3,112 acres of the Trinity River in Texas. It lies in Tarrant County. Management is in the hands of City…
67% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Georgetown
Fed by the North Fork San Gabriel River, Lake Georgetown holds roughly 1,162 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in…
82% fullReservoir
Eagle Mountain Lake
Eagle Mountain Lake is a 7,714-acre reservoir on the Lake Worth (Texas) in Texas. The lake is in Tarrant County. It is managed by…
74% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Ray Hubbard is a reservoir of some 19,601 acres on the outflow =, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Kaufman County. It is…
87% fullReservoir
Possum Kingdom Lake
Fed by the Brazos River, Possum Kingdom Lake holds roughly 15,935 acres of water in Texas. It lies in Palo Pinto County. It is…
87% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Houston
Fed by the San Jacinto River, Lake Houston holds roughly 11,854 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in Harris County.…
100% fullReservoir
Lake Arrowhead
At roughly 11,994 acres, Lake Arrowhead is one of the lakes covered in Texas. It lies in Clay County. It is managed by City of…
72% fullReservoir
Lake Fork Reservoir
Fed by the Lake Fork Creek, Lake Fork Reservoir holds roughly 23,630 acres of water in Texas. It lies in Wood County. Sabine…
83% fullReservoir
Lake Waco
Lake Waco is a reservoir of some 7,985 acres on the Bosque River, in Texas. It lies in McLennan County. Management is in the…
89% fullReservoir
Granger Lake
Granger Lake is a reservoir of some 4,064 acres on the San Gabriel River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Williamson County.…
100% fullReservoir
Stillhouse Hollow Lake
Stillhouse Hollow Lake covers about 6,331 acres of the Lampasas River in Texas. You will find it in Bell County. USACE Fort Worth…
98% fullReservoir
Caddo Lake
Caddo Lake is a 25,584-acre reservoir on the Twelvemile Bayou in Texas. It lies in Harrison County. Management is in the hands of…
78% fullReservoir
Somerville Lake
Somerville Lake is a reservoir of some 10,807 acres on the Yegua Creek, in Texas. It lies in Burleson County. USACE Fort Worth…
93% fullReservoir
Lake Limestone
Lake Limestone covers about 11,705 acres of the catchment = in Texas. The lake is in Leon County. It is managed by Brazos River…
89% fullReservoir
Lake Austin
Lake Austin is a 1,557-acre reservoir on the Colorado River in Texas. You will find it in Travis County. Management is in the…
97% fullReservoir
Lake Arlington
At roughly 1,807 acres, Lake Arlington is one of the lakes covered in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Tarrant County. It is…
74% fullReservoir
Benbrook Lake
Benbrook Lake is a reservoir of some 3,092 acres on the Clear Fork, Trinity River, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside Tarrant…
77% fullReservoir
Lake Granbury
Lake Granbury is a reservoir of some 7,406 acres on the Brazos River, in Texas. You will find it in Hood County. Management is in…
88% fullReservoir
Lake Bridgeport
Fed by the Eagle Mountain Lake, Lake Bridgeport holds roughly 10,598 acres of water in Texas. The lake is in Wise County. Tarrant…
77% fullReservoir
Joe Pool Lake
Joe Pool Lake is a 6,195-acre reservoir on the catchment = in Texas. You will find it in Dallas County. USACE Fort Worth District…
92% fullReservoir
Lake Brownwood
Lake Brownwood is a reservoir of some 6,168 acres on the oceans =, in Texas. You will find it in Brown County. It is managed by…
85% fullReservoir
Lake Whitney
Fed by the Brazos River, Lake Whitney holds roughly 21,706 acres of water in Texas. You will find it in Hill County. Management…
93% fullReservoir
Lake Waxahachie
Lake Waxahachie is a reservoir of some 579 acres on the Waxahachie Creek South Prong Creek, in Texas. Its shoreline falls inside…
80% fullReservoir
Lake Abilene
Lake Abilene is a 148-acre reservoir in Texas. It lies in Taylor County. Management is in the hands of Texas Parks & Wildlife…
9% fullReservoir1 beach
Lake Texana
Lake Texana is a 9,397-acre reservoir on the Navidad River in Texas. It lies in Jackson County. It is managed by Lavaca-Navidad…
87% fullReservoir
Lake Meredith
Lake Meredith is a 7,377-acre reservoir on the Canadian River in Texas. The lake is in Moore County. Management is in the hands…
41% fullReservoir
Lake Weatherford
At roughly 861 acres, Lake Weatherford is one of the lakes covered in Texas. You will find it in Parker County. Management is in…
56% fullReservoir
Lake Tyler
Lake Tyler is a reservoir of some 4,361 acres on the Prairie and Mud Creeks, in Texas. The lake is in Smith County. City of Tyler…
89% fullReservoir
Falcon International Reservoir
Falcon International Reservoir covers about 87,400 acres of the Rio Grande in Texas. Management is in the hands of International…
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More lakes in Texas
4 more lakes in this state.
Current lake levels in Texas
Texas lake levels swing hard between drought and flood. Sam Rayburn Reservoir has moved between 150.81 ft and 175.22 ft since 2000, a range of more than 24 feet, and ramps in East Texas start closing near the bottom of that band. Percent full on these pages is the ratio of current conservation storage to conservation capacity, exactly as the Texas Water Development Board reports it.
| Lake | Level | Full pool | How full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina Lake | — | 1,064.2 ft | 30% full |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 154.96 ft | 164.4 ft | 67% full |
| Lake Buchanan | 1,019.08 ft | 1,020.0 ft | 97% full |
| Lake Travis | 677.85 ft | 681.0 ft | 94% full |
| Lake Texoma | — | 617.0 ft | 97% full |
| Grapevine Lake | 533.24 ft | 535.0 ft | 93% full |
| Cedar Creek Reservoir | 316.68 ft | 322.0 ft | 75% full |
| Choke Canyon Reservoir | 191.66 ft | 220.5 ft | 23% full |
| Canyon Lake | 908.90 ft | 909.0 ft | 100% full |
| Lake Corpus Christi | 92.33 ft | 94.0 ft | 87% full |
| Belton Lake | 592.97 ft | 594.0 ft | 97% full |
| Lake Conroe | 199.98 ft | 201.0 ft | 95% full |
| Lake Livingston | 129.76 ft | 131.0 ft | 94% full |
| Lavon Lake | 488.62 ft | 492.0 ft | 84% full |
| Lewisville Lake | 519.16 ft | 522.0 ft | 87% full |
| Lake Tawakoni | 435.86 ft | 437.5 ft | 93% full |
| Amistad Reservoir | — | 1,117.0 ft | 39% full |
| Lake Ray Roberts | — | 632.5 ft | 95% full |
| Lake Palestine | 343.64 ft | 345.0 ft | 92% full |
| Lake Worth | 593.17 ft | 594.0 ft | 67% full |
| Lake Georgetown | 785.45 ft | 791.0 ft | 82% full |
| Eagle Mountain Lake | 648.94 ft | 649.1 ft | 74% full |
| Lake Ray Hubbard | 432.67 ft | 435.5 ft | 87% full |
| Possum Kingdom Lake | 994.99 ft | 999.0 ft | 87% full |
| Lake Houston | — | 42.4 ft | 100% full |
| Lake Arrowhead | 921.14 ft | 926.0 ft | 72% full |
| Lake Fork Reservoir | 398.97 ft | 403.0 ft | 83% full |
| Lake Waco | 459.52 ft | 462.2 ft | 89% full |
| Granger Lake | 504.05 ft | 504.0 ft | 100% full |
| Stillhouse Hollow Lake | 621.31 ft | 622.0 ft | 98% full |
| Caddo Lake | — | 168.5 ft | 78% full |
| Somerville Lake | 237.04 ft | 238.0 ft | 93% full |
| Lake Limestone | 361.02 ft | 363.0 ft | 89% full |
| Lake Austin | 492.59 ft | 492.8 ft | 97% full |
| Lake Arlington | 544.27 ft | 550.0 ft | 74% full |
| Benbrook Lake | 688.02 ft | 694.0 ft | 77% full |
| Lake Granbury | 690.59 ft | 692.7 ft | 88% full |
| Lake Bridgeport | 836.18 ft | 836.0 ft | 77% full |
| Joe Pool Lake | 520.10 ft | 522.0 ft | 92% full |
| Lake Brownwood | 1,421.04 ft | 1,424.6 ft | 85% full |
| Lake Whitney | 531.33 ft | 533.0 ft | 93% full |
| Lake Waxahachie | 527.95 ft | 531.5 ft | 80% full |
| Lake Abilene | 1,992.36 ft | 2,012.3 ft | 9% full |
| Lake Texana | 41.87 ft | 44.0 ft | 87% full |
| Lake Meredith | 2,889.12 ft | 2,936.5 ft | 41% full |
| Lake Weatherford | 887.91 ft | 896.0 ft | 56% full |
| Lake Tyler | 373.64 ft | 375.4 ft | 89% full |
| Falcon International Reservoir | — | — | no percent published |
| Lake Colorado City | 2,058.99 ft | 2,070.2 ft | 54% full |
| Lake Nasworthy | 1,871.76 ft | 1,872.7 ft | 86% full |
| Lake Alan Henry | 2,208.97 ft | 2,220.0 ft | 72% full |
| White Rock Lake | — | — | no percent published |
Cities in Texas
Lakes and swimming spots near the main towns.
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