Lake Stamford water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Stamford is at 1,414.06 ft, 73.5% full (2.74 ft below full pool). That is 4.6 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 37,891 of 51,570 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Stamford percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Stamford 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 2025. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Aug 15, 2005
- Record low
- 9.8%Feb 19, 2015
- 12-month high
- 89.2%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 61.2%Oct 14, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 16, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −1.87 ft−15.9 pts
About Lake Stamford
- River basin
- Brazos
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 1,416.80 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 51,570 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 4,085 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 1,382.80 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Data since
- Feb 12, 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 | 83% | 82% | 80% | 76% | 72% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 64% | 67% | — | — |
| 2025 | 93% | 91% | 89% | 91% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 95% | 90% | 87% | 85% |
| 2024 | 69% | 71% | 70% | 71% | 97% | 100% | 99% | 91% | 90% | 86% | 93% | 94% |
| 2023 | 62% | 62% | 67% | 68% | 69% | 86% | 88% | 81% | 76% | 72% | 71% | 69% |
| 2022 | 86% | 85% | 83% | 80% | 78% | 78% | 73% | 68% | 68% | 65% | 64% | 64% |
| 2021 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 94% | 90% | 88% |
| 2020 | 88% | 92% | 97% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 92% | 87% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 93% | 92% | 90% | 87% | 84% | 79% | 74% | 69% | 87% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 97% | 96% | 94% | 92% | 88% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 95% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Stamford full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Stamford was 73.5% full, 2.74 feet below its full pool elevation of 1,416.80 ft. It was last full on Aug 16, 2025.
What is the normal level of Lake Stamford for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Stamford averaged 68.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 17.3% and 100.0%. Today it is +4.6 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Stamford has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 9.8% on Feb 19, 2015. The highest was 100.0% on Aug 15, 2005.
How often is the Lake Stamford 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 (51,570 acre-feet for Lake Stamford). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.