Livingston Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Livingston Reservoir is at 129.11 ft, 91.2% full (1.89 ft below full pool). That is 4.7 points below normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 1,461,826 of 1,603,504 acre-ft · provisional data
Livingston Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Livingston 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 2023, 2026. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Nov 17, 1996
- Record low
- 80.5%Nov 3, 2011
- 12-month high
- 100.0%Nov 30, 2025
- 12-month low
- 90.1%Oct 1, 2026
- Last time full
- Jul 23, 2026
- Change in 1 year
- −0.74 ft−3.4 pts
About Livingston Reservoir
- River basin
- Trinity
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 131.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 1,603,504 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 72,815 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 58.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Houston
- Data since
- Oct 3, 1996
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 93% | 92% | — | — |
| 2025 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 95% | 96% | 100% |
| 2024 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 100% | 98% | 94% | 94% | 96% |
| 2023 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 91% | 84% | 82% | 98% | 100% |
| 2022 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 92% | 99% | 95% | 99% | 100% |
| 2021 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% |
| 2020 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 100% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 96% | 100% | 100% |
| 2018 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 96% | 97% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Livingston Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Livingston Reservoir was 91.2% full, 1.89 feet below its full pool elevation of 131.00 ft. It was last full on Jul 23, 2026.
What is the normal level of Livingston Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Livingston Reservoir averaged 95.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 90.7% and 100.0%. Today it is −4.7 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Livingston Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1996, the lowest daily value was 80.5% on Nov 3, 2011. The highest was 100.0% on Nov 17, 1996.
How often is the Livingston 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 (1,603,504 acre-feet for Livingston 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.