Lake Corpus Christi water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Corpus Christi is at 91.26 ft, 79.7% full (2.74 ft below full pool). That is 10.1 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 204,174 of 256,062 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Corpus Christi percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Corpus Christi 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 2019. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Nov 18, 2001
- Record low
- 8.3%Apr 17, 2026
- 12-month high
- 92.0%Aug 15, 2026
- 12-month low
- 8.3%Apr 17, 2026
- Last time full
- Jul 8, 2019
- Change in 1 year
- +14.23 ft+66.5 pts
About Lake Corpus Christi
- River basin
- Nueces
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 94.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 256,062 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 18,126 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 55.50 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Corpus Christi
- Data since
- Sep 1, 1998
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 29% | 34% | 86% | 86% | 82% | — | — |
| 2025 | 25% | 24% | 22% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| 2024 | 47% | 48% | 45% | 42% | 39% | 36% | 39% | 38% | 36% | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 2023 | 74% | 71% | 68% | 70% | 77% | 78% | 67% | 60% | 56% | 53% | 50% | 48% |
| 2022 | 78% | 75% | 72% | 67% | 62% | 56% | 50% | 52% | 84% | 82% | 79% | 77% |
| 2021 | 51% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 51% | 79% | 89% | 92% | 87% | 86% | 83% | 81% |
| 2020 | 75% | 73% | 70% | 70% | 68% | 69% | 65% | 62% | 60% | 57% | 54% | 52% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 93% | 87% | 82% | 78% | 76% |
| 2018 | 94% | 93% | 91% | 87% | 81% | 77% | 76% | 69% | 78% | 97% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 94% | 92% | 94% | 93% | 91% | 84% | 79% | 72% | 68% | 93% | 99% | 96% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Corpus Christi full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Corpus Christi was 79.7% full, 2.74 feet below its full pool elevation of 94.00 ft. It was last full on Jul 8, 2019.
What is the normal level of Lake Corpus Christi for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Corpus Christi averaged 69.6% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 31.2% and 100.0%. Today it is +10.1 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Corpus Christi has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1998, the lowest daily value was 8.3% on Apr 17, 2026. The highest was 100.0% on Nov 18, 2001.
How often is the Lake Corpus Christi 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 (256,062 acre-feet for Lake Corpus Christi). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.