Lake Kickapoo water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Kickapoo is at 1,041.87 ft, 80.0% full (3.13 ft below full pool). That is 12.7 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 69,105 of 86,345 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Kickapoo percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%May 21, 2015
- Record low
- 26.1%Jul 2, 2014
- 12-month high
- 92.4%Jun 9, 2026
- 12-month low
- 76.7%Oct 13, 2026
- Last time full
- Jul 24, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −1.46 ft−9.0 pts
About Lake Kickapoo
- River basin
- Red
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 1,045.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 86,345 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 5,152 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 1,000.92 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Wichita Falls
- Data since
- Mar 6, 1999
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85% | 85% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 90% | 88% | 84% | 79% | 79% | — | — |
| 2025 | 68% | 67% | 67% | 69% | 97% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 94% | 90% | 88% | 86% |
| 2024 | 51% | 55% | 55% | 55% | 70% | 81% | 78% | 74% | 70% | 67% | 69% | 69% |
| 2023 | 59% | 59% | 61% | 61% | 63% | 63% | 61% | 57% | 54% | 52% | 52% | 51% |
| 2022 | 75% | 74% | 73% | 73% | 71% | 72% | 69% | 65% | 63% | 60% | 60% | 59% |
| 2021 | 82% | 81% | 80% | 77% | 84% | 89% | 90% | 87% | 84% | 81% | 78% | 76% |
| 2020 | 82% | 84% | 89% | 95% | 94% | 96% | 94% | 90% | 88% | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 93% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 82% |
| 2018 | 84% | 83% | 83% | 83% | 84% | 80% | 76% | 73% | 74% | 93% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 92% | 92% | 92% | 89% | 87% | 89% | 85% | 83% | 83% | 90% | 87% | 86% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Kickapoo full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Kickapoo was 80.0% full, 3.13 feet below its full pool elevation of 1,045.00 ft. It was last full on Jul 24, 2025.
What is the normal level of Lake Kickapoo for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Kickapoo averaged 67.3% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 36.9% and 89.3%. Today it is +12.7 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Kickapoo has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 26.1% on Jul 2, 2014. The highest was 100.0% on May 21, 2015.
How often is the Lake Kickapoo 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 (86,345 acre-feet for Lake Kickapoo). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.