Lake Tyler water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Tyler is at 372.52 ft, 82.4% full (2.86 ft below full pool). That is 3.5 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since December 2023Near normal
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 59,418 of 72,073 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Tyler percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Tyler 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%Apr 8, 1999
- Record low
- 53.3%Dec 9, 2006
- 12-month high
- 99.0%May 2, 2026
- 12-month low
- 82.4%Oct 28, 2026
- Last time full
- Jul 24, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −1.58 ft−9.5 pts
About Lake Tyler
- River basin
- Neches
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 375.38 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 72,073 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 4,170 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 350.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Tyler
- Data since
- Apr 8, 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 | 93% | 95% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 97% | 93% | 88% | 84% | — | — |
| 2025 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 96% | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| 2024 | 87% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 92% | 94% | 97% |
| 2023 | 89% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 91% | 86% | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| 2022 | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 92% | 87% | 86% | 82% | 81% | 84% |
| 2021 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 95% | 97% |
| 2020 | 90% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 96% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 95% | 90% | 87% | 87% | 87% |
| 2018 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 94% | 89% | 87% | 91% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 97% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 98% | 95% | 94% | 96% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Tyler full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Tyler was 82.4% full, 2.86 feet below its full pool elevation of 375.38 ft. It was last full on Jul 24, 2025.
What is the normal level of Lake Tyler for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Tyler averaged 85.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 63.5% and 98.1%. Today it is −3.5 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Lake Tyler has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 53.3% on Dec 9, 2006. The highest was 100.0% on Apr 8, 1999.
How often is the Lake Tyler 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 (72,073 acre-feet for Lake Tyler). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.