Brady Creek Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Brady Creek Reservoir is at 1,740.47 ft, 83.5% full (2.53 ft below full pool). That is 30.3 points above normal for this date.
Lowest since July 2025Near normal
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 24,042 of 28,808 acre-ft · provisional data
Brady Creek Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Brady Creek Reservoir from space
The same area near the lowest and the highest level since 2016, on clear days. Compare the shoreline and the coves.
Imagery: NASA GIBS, Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS). Landsat 8/9 courtesy of NASA/USGS. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Oct 18, 2018
- Record low
- 0.0%Oct 2, 2003
- 12-month high
- 100.0%Nov 21, 2025
- 12-month low
- 82.7%Oct 13, 2026
- Last time full
- Dec 2, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −0.89 ft−5.7 pts
About Brady Creek Reservoir
- River basin
- Colorado
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 1,743.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 28,808 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 1,804 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 1,712.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Data since
- Jan 22, 1999
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97% | 96% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 96% | 93% | 90% | 85% | 84% | — | — |
| 2025 | 34% | 34% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 30% | 88% | 97% | 93% | 90% | 92% | 99% |
| 2024 | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 44% | 42% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 35% |
| 2023 | 44% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 37% | 37% |
| 2022 | 57% | 57% | 56% | 53% | 51% | 50% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 44% | 45% |
| 2021 | 68% | 67% | 66% | 65% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 62% | 61% | 61% | 59% | 58% |
| 2020 | 85% | 86% | 89% | 91% | 89% | 87% | 83% | 78% | 75% | 72% | 70% | 68% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 94% | 91% | 87% | 85% | 85% |
| 2018 | 55% | 55% | 56% | 54% | 53% | 53% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 77% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 63% | 64% | 66% | 66% | 64% | 64% | 63% | 61% | 59% | 58% | 56% | 56% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Brady Creek Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Brady Creek Reservoir was 83.5% full, 2.53 feet below its full pool elevation of 1,743.00 ft. It was last full on Dec 2, 2025.
What is the normal level of Brady Creek Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Brady Creek Reservoir averaged 53.2% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 29.3% and 85.9%. Today it is +30.3 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Brady Creek Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 0.0% on Oct 2, 2003. The highest was 100.0% on Oct 18, 2018.
How often is the Brady Creek Reservoir water level updated?
TWDB publishes one reading per day for each reservoir. We check for new data every 2 hours and show the date of the reading next to the level. Recent values are provisional.
What does percent full mean?
It is the water stored in the conservation pool divided by the conservation capacity (28,808 acre-feet for Brady Creek Reservoir). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.