Possum Kingdom Lake water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Possum Kingdom Lake is at 996.46 ft, 91.8% full (2.54 ft below full pool). That is 2.5 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 494,120 of 538,139 acre-ft · provisional data
Possum Kingdom Lake percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Possum Kingdom Lake 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. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Aug 3, 1950
- Record low
- 38.6%Feb 19, 1953
- 12-month high
- 94.4%Apr 23, 2026
- 12-month low
- 85.1%Sep 30, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 1, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −0.62 ft−2.0 pts
About Possum Kingdom Lake
- River basin
- Brazos
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 999.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 538,139 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 16,741 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 874.80 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Data since
- Jan 1, 1947
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91% | 91% | 91% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 91% | 87% | 88% | — | — |
| 2025 | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 97% | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| 2024 | 96% | 98% | 99% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 97% | 95% | 93% | 98% | 100% |
| 2023 | 82% | 82% | 83% | 83% | 84% | 97% | 99% | 96% | 91% | 90% | 94% | 95% |
| 2022 | 96% | 95% | 95% | 94% | 94% | 95% | 92% | 88% | 88% | 85% | 82% | 82% |
| 2021 | 99% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 97% |
| 2020 | 98% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 95% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 98% |
| 2019 | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 97% | 95% | 96% | 97% |
| 2018 | 95% | 95% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 95% | 92% | 88% | 93% | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| 2017 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 97% | 99% | 97% | 96% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Possum Kingdom Lake full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Possum Kingdom Lake was 91.8% full, 2.54 feet below its full pool elevation of 999.00 ft. It was last full on Aug 1, 2025.
What is the normal level of Possum Kingdom Lake for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Possum Kingdom Lake averaged 89.3% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 73.7% and 99.6%. Today it is +2.5 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Possum Kingdom Lake has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1947, the lowest daily value was 38.6% on Feb 19, 1953. The highest was 100.0% on Aug 3, 1950.
How often is the Possum Kingdom Lake 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 (538,139 acre-feet for Possum Kingdom Lake). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.