Cedar Creek Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Cedar Creek Reservoir is at 315.93 ft, 71.9% full (6.07 ft below full pool). That is 16.2 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since January 2015Near normal
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 463,806 of 644,686 acre-ft · provisional data
Cedar Creek Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Cedar 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; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, 2026. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Feb 23, 1997
- Record low
- 64.9%Dec 3, 2011
- 12-month high
- 87.5%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 71.5%Oct 1, 2026
- Last time full
- Jun 25, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −3.51 ft−15.6 pts
About Cedar Creek Reservoir
- River basin
- Trinity
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 322.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 644,686 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 26,902 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 263.50 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Fort Worth
- Data since
- Oct 2, 1996
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82% | 82% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 85% | 83% | 79% | 74% | 73% | — | — |
| 2025 | 87% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 96% | 93% | 88% | 85% | 85% |
| 2024 | 97% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 91% | 86% | 84% | 82% |
| 2023 | 84% | 94% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 94% | 88% | 83% | 82% | 94% | 93% |
| 2022 | 91% | 92% | 92% | 92% | 93% | 90% | 84% | 80% | 83% | 78% | 78% | 85% |
| 2021 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 97% | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| 2020 | 89% | 96% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 98% | 95% | 99% | 98% | 96% | 95% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 95% | 93% | 90% | 89% | 88% |
| 2018 | 90% | 93% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 94% | 91% | 90% | 96% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 95% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 95% | 93% | 91% | 90% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Cedar Creek Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Cedar Creek Reservoir was 71.9% full, 6.07 feet below its full pool elevation of 322.00 ft. It was last full on Jun 25, 2025.
What is the normal level of Cedar Creek Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Cedar Creek Reservoir averaged 88.1% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 71.8% and 99.9%. Today it is −16.2 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Cedar Creek Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1996, the lowest daily value was 64.9% on Dec 3, 2011. The highest was 100.0% on Feb 23, 1997.
How often is the Cedar 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 (644,686 acre-feet for Cedar 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.