Lake Colorado City water level

What this level means

Readings come from station 08123000 (Lk Colorado City nr Colorado City, TX). The last value stored here, 2,058.99 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Conservation capacity is 30,758 acre-feet. The agency sets full pool at 2,070.2 ft. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 2,057.54 ft and 2,061.52 ft (low on 2026-07-12, high on 2025-08-05). That put the reservoir at 54% of its conservation capacity. Check the reading the morning you go if your plan depends on a specific ramp.

How this reading is taken

USGS gauge 08123000 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 Colorado City is 2,070.2 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.