Water level
Lake Brownwood water level
Lake Brownwood is at 1,421.04 ft (3.6 ft below the 1,424.6 ft full pool), about 85% full as of May 20, 2022. Live readings, trend, history and what the level means for swimming and boat ramps.
Recent readings
Daily values from USGS gauge 08143000.
What this level means
Station 08143000, Lk Brownwood nr Brownwood, TX, publishes the water surface elevation used here. That put the reservoir at 85% of its conservation capacity. Conservation capacity is 130,868 acre-feet. The conservation pool tops out at 1,424.6 ft. The last value stored here, 1,421.04 ft, is from 2022-05-20. Water level decides what is usable on the shoreline, from beach width to ramp access.
How this reading is taken
USGS gauge 08143000 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 Brownwood is 1,424.6 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.
Water level questions
What is the current water level at Lake Brownwood?
The latest reading is 1,421.04 ft, 3.6 ft below the 1,424.6 ft full pool, from USGS gauge 08143000.
How full is Lake Brownwood?
It was last reported at 85% of conservation capacity, holding 111,148 of 130,868 acre-feet.
What is full pool at Lake Brownwood?
Full pool is 1,424.6 ft. Water above that level is flood storage and is released as conditions allow.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.