Lake Fork Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Fork Reservoir is at 397.96 ft, 79.4% full (5.04 ft below full pool). That is 10.5 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since February 2023Near normal
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 481,303 of 606,088 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Fork Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Fork 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 2022, 2025. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Nov 27, 1988
- Record low
- 69.5%Dec 2, 2011
- 12-month high
- 92.9%Jun 8, 2026
- 12-month low
- 79.4%Oct 28, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 2, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −2.98 ft−11.8 pts
About Lake Fork Reservoir
- River basin
- Sabine
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 403.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 606,088 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 23,096 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 360.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Dallas
- Data since
- Oct 2, 1988
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87% | 87% | 88% | 88% | 90% | 92% | 90% | 86% | 83% | 81% | — | — |
| 2025 | 93% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 95% | 92% | 90% | 89% |
| 2024 | 94% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 93% | 91% | 90% | 90% |
| 2023 | 79% | 87% | 93% | 95% | 96% | 97% | 98% | 94% | 91% | 90% | 91% | 91% |
| 2022 | 75% | 75% | 74% | 76% | 77% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 76% | 73% | 73% | 78% |
| 2021 | 96% | 97% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 97% | 94% | 91% | 89% | 84% |
| 2020 | 92% | 97% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 98% | 94% | 94% | 92% | 91% | 90% |
| 2019 | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 95% | 92% | 91% | 90% |
| 2018 | 95% | 97% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 96% | 93% | 91% | 91% | 95% | 99% | 99% |
| 2017 | 89% | 90% | 91% | 97% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 97% | 95% | 94% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Fork Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Fork Reservoir was 79.4% full, 5.04 feet below its full pool elevation of 403.00 ft. It was last full on Aug 2, 2025.
What is the normal level of Lake Fork Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Fork Reservoir averaged 89.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 76.1% and 99.1%. Today it is −10.5 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Lake Fork Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1988, the lowest daily value was 69.5% on Dec 2, 2011. The highest was 100.0% on Nov 27, 1988.
How often is the Lake Fork 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 (606,088 acre-feet for Lake Fork 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.