Hords Creek Lake water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Hords Creek Lake is at 1,888.06 ft, 44.5% full (11.94 ft below full pool). That is 4.4 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since November 2024Very low
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 3,608 of 8,109 acre-ft · provisional data
Hords Creek Lake percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Hords Creek Lake 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 2024. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Feb 24, 2005
- Record low
- 21.3%Apr 19, 2024
- 12-month high
- 58.8%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 44.5%Oct 26, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 9, 2007
- Change in 1 year
- −3.93 ft−14.4 pts
About Hords Creek Lake
- River basin
- Colorado
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 1,900.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 8,109 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 267 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 1,856.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- Yes
- Data since
- Oct 1, 2000
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56% | 56% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 54% | 52% | 49% | 46% | 45% | — | — |
| 2025 | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 62% | 70% | 69% | 66% | 63% | 60% | 58% | 57% |
| 2024 | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 33% | 37% | 55% | 61% |
| 2023 | 31% | 31% | 30% | 30% | 29% | 30% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| 2022 | 42% | 42% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 31% |
| 2021 | 54% | 52% | 51% | 50% | 51% | 51% | 49% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 44% |
| 2020 | 77% | 77% | 79% | 79% | 76% | 72% | 69% | 64% | 62% | 59% | 57% | 55% |
| 2019 | 65% | 64% | 64% | 63% | 72% | 93% | 94% | 89% | 85% | 82% | 79% | 78% |
| 2018 | 61% | 60% | 60% | 59% | 58% | 55% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 55% | 62% | 62% |
| 2017 | 81% | 82% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 79% | 75% | 71% | 68% | 66% | 64% | 62% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hords Creek Lake full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Hords Creek Lake was 44.5% full, 11.94 feet below its full pool elevation of 1,900.00 ft. It was last full on Aug 9, 2007.
What is the normal level of Hords Creek Lake for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Hords Creek Lake averaged 48.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 29.3% and 80.7%. Today it is −4.4 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Hords Creek Lake has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 2000, the lowest daily value was 21.3% on Apr 19, 2024. The highest was 100.0% on Feb 24, 2005.
How often is the Hords Creek Lake 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 (8,109 acre-feet for Hords Creek Lake). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.