Lake Palestine water level

What this level means

Readings come from station 08031400 (Lk Palestine nr Frankston, TX). That put the reservoir at 92% of its conservation capacity. The conservation pool tops out at 345.0 ft. Conservation capacity is 367,303 acre-feet. The last value stored here, 343.64 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 343.37 ft and 345.19 ft (low on 2026-09-01, high on 2026-01-25). Beach width and ramp access both move with the pool, so the number above is worth a look first.

How this reading is taken

USGS gauge 08031400 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 Palestine is 345.0 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.