Lake Arrowhead water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Arrowhead is at 920.74 ft, 70.0% full (5.26 ft below full pool). That is 0.3 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 161,194 of 230,359 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Arrowhead percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Jul 1, 2007
- Record low
- 18.8%Nov 12, 2014
- 12-month high
- 86.8%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 69.1%Oct 14, 2026
- Last time full
- Jun 18, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −3.12 ft−17.0 pts
About Lake Arrowhead
- River basin
- Red
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 926.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 230,359 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 11,793 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 874.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Wichita Falls
- 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 | 83% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 85% | 84% | 80% | 76% | 71% | 70% | — | — |
| 2025 | 69% | 68% | 67% | 69% | 94% | 99% | 97% | 93% | 91% | 88% | 86% | 85% |
| 2024 | 54% | 56% | 56% | 56% | 69% | 78% | 75% | 70% | 67% | 64% | 68% | 69% |
| 2023 | 66% | 66% | 67% | 66% | 68% | 67% | 65% | 60% | 57% | 55% | 55% | 54% |
| 2022 | 85% | 85% | 84% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 77% | 73% | 71% | 68% | 67% | 67% |
| 2021 | 100% | 99% | 98% | 97% | 100% | 99% | 98% | 96% | 93% | 90% | 88% | 87% |
| 2020 | 88% | 89% | 93% | 96% | 96% | 99% | 99% | 95% | 99% | 98% | 99% | 97% |
| 2019 | 100% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 94% | 92% | 89% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 85% | 85% | 87% | 91% | 90% | 87% | 83% | 79% | 78% | 91% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 95% | 97% | 99% | 97% | 94% | 94% | 91% | 89% | 87% | 91% | 88% | 86% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Arrowhead full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Arrowhead was 70.0% full, 5.26 feet below its full pool elevation of 926.00 ft. It was last full on Jun 18, 2025.
What is the normal level of Lake Arrowhead for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Arrowhead averaged 69.7% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 43.7% and 93.4%. Today it is +0.3 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Arrowhead has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1996, the lowest daily value was 18.8% on Nov 12, 2014. The highest was 100.0% on Jul 1, 2007.
How often is the Lake Arrowhead 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 (230,359 acre-feet for Lake Arrowhead). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.