Lake Waxahachie

Lake Waxahachie explained

Its coordinates are 32.3408, -96.8233. It lies at roughly 532 feet of elevation. It reaches roughly 48 feet at its deepest. Releases go downstream into the Waxahachie Creek South Prong Creek.

Readings come from station 08063600 (Lk Waxahachie nr Waxahachie, TX). Conservation capacity is 11,060 acre-feet. That put the reservoir at 80% of its conservation capacity. The last value stored here, 527.95 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 527.81 ft and 532.31 ft (low on 2026-01-17, high on 2026-06-07). Full pool is 531.5 ft. Check the reading the morning you go if your plan depends on a specific ramp.

If Lake Waxahachie is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Bardwell Lake (Texas, 11 mi), Joe Pool Lake (Texas, 22 mi) and Mountain Creek Lake (Texas, 27 mi). In all, 118 lakes in Texas are covered here.

No named swimming beach is mapped at Lake Waxahachie in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first. Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank. Navarro Mills Lake, on Navarro Mills Lake, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 28 miles off.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer.