Red Bluff Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Red Bluff Reservoir is at 2,814.68 ft, 45.5% full (13.42 ft below full pool). That is 0.8 points below normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 66,079 of 145,165 acre-ft · provisional data
Red Bluff Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Red Bluff 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 2024. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Sep 22, 2014
- Record low
- 8.6%Nov 14, 2001
- 12-month high
- 57.3%Mar 25, 2026
- 12-month low
- 44.4%Sep 22, 2026
- Last time full
- Oct 3, 2014
- Change in 1 year
- −1.63 ft−5.3 pts
About Red Bluff Reservoir
- River basin
- Rio Grande
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 2,828.10 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 145,165 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 4,515 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 0.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Data since
- Apr 17, 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 | 54% | 56% | 57% | 56% | 53% | 51% | 49% | 47% | 45% | 46% | — | — |
| 2025 | 39% | 40% | 40% | 41% | 45% | 46% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 51% | 51% | 52% |
| 2024 | 38% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 38% |
| 2023 | 61% | 62% | 58% | 55% | 54% | 52% | 48% | 45% | 44% | 41% | 36% | 37% |
| 2022 | 74% | 75% | 75% | 73% | 71% | 67% | 64% | 61% | 64% | 59% | 58% | 60% |
| 2021 | 48% | 49% | 50% | 48% | 47% | 47% | 67% | 72% | 75% | 74% | 73% | 74% |
| 2020 | 64% | 66% | 67% | 67% | 64% | 60% | 55% | 51% | 49% | 47% | 47% | 47% |
| 2019 | 65% | 66% | 66% | 65% | 65% | 66% | 64% | 61% | 59% | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| 2018 | 74% | 75% | 74% | 73% | 68% | 61% | 58% | 56% | 57% | 58% | 62% | 63% |
| 2017 | 88% | 89% | 88% | 87% | 84% | 76% | 71% | 71% | 70% | 71% | 72% | 73% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Red Bluff Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Red Bluff Reservoir was 45.5% full, 13.42 feet below its full pool elevation of 2,828.10 ft. It was last full on Oct 3, 2014.
What is the normal level of Red Bluff Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Red Bluff Reservoir averaged 46.3% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 14.9% and 84.4%. Today it is −0.8 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Red Bluff Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 8.6% on Nov 14, 2001. The highest was 100.0% on Sep 22, 2014.
How often is the Red Bluff 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 (145,165 acre-feet for Red Bluff 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.