Proctor Lake water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Proctor Lake is at 1,155.94 ft, 56.4% full (6.06 ft below full pool). That is 16.9 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since May 2024Low
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 30,913 of 54,762 acre-ft · provisional data
Proctor Lake percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Proctor 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%Jul 8, 2002
- Record low
- 24.0%Oct 19, 2023
- 12-month high
- 82.1%Nov 27, 2025
- 12-month low
- 56.4%Oct 27, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 7, 2025
- Change in 1 year
- −3.71 ft−24.6 pts
About Proctor Lake
- River basin
- Brazos
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 1,162.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 54,762 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 2,782 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 1,128.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- Yes
- Data since
- Oct 1, 2001
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 75% | 78% | 79% | 73% | 62% | 57% | — | — |
| 2025 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 89% | 83% | 80% | 80% |
| 2024 | 28% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 47% | 86% | 80% | 72% | 93% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 | 42% | 42% | 41% | 39% | 40% | 44% | 37% | 31% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 28% |
| 2022 | 85% | 86% | 85% | 82% | 78% | 71% | 62% | 53% | 49% | 45% | 43% | 43% |
| 2021 | 96% | 96% | 96% | 95% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 95% | 92% | 89% | 87% |
| 2020 | 73% | 74% | 89% | 100% | 98% | 94% | 84% | 73% | 94% | 99% | 97% | 95% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% | 83% | 76% | 74% | 73% |
| 2018 | 77% | 78% | 83% | 82% | 80% | 72% | 62% | 54% | 54% | 78% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 96% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 94% | 86% | 82% | 79% | 78% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Proctor Lake full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Proctor Lake was 56.4% full, 6.06 feet below its full pool elevation of 1,162.00 ft. It was last full on Aug 7, 2025.
What is the normal level of Proctor Lake for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Proctor Lake averaged 73.3% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 44.0% and 100.0%. Today it is −16.9 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Proctor Lake has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 2001, the lowest daily value was 24.0% on Oct 19, 2023. The highest was 100.0% on Jul 8, 2002.
How often is the Proctor 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 (54,762 acre-feet for Proctor 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.