Lake Arlington water level

What this level means

The level comes from gauge 08049200, Lk Arlington at Arlington, TX, and carries the time it was taken. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 544.30 ft and 551.16 ft (low on 2026-09-08, high on 2025-11-25). The last value stored here, 544.27 ft, is from 2026-09-09. That put the reservoir at 74% of its conservation capacity. Conservation capacity is 40,157 acre-feet. The agency sets full pool at 550.0 ft. A falling pool widens the beaches and shortens the ramps, so it is worth checking before you drive out.

How this reading is taken

USGS gauge 08049200 measures the water surface and publishes the value continuously. This page stores the latest reading at build time and refreshes the record daily, so the figure above is a real measurement rather than a model or an estimate.

Full pool for Lake Arlington is 550.0 ft, so the gap between the reading and that number is what the reservoir is missing.

Elevations are given in feet above the gauge datum used by the operating agency. Two lakes are only comparable with each other through how full they are, not through their raw elevation, because each dam sits at a different height.