Level of the Lake

Lake Buchanan

Elevation at Buchanan Dam

1,018.33ft

feet above sea level

1.67 ft below full · down 0.16 ft this week

Near full4 of 4 ramps usable · Cedar Point Recreation Area closes 11.33 ft lower
updated 11:15 AM CDT

Since midnight

+0.02 ft

level change

Past 30 days

−0.75 ft

level change

Storage

843,158

acre-feet · 96% full

Buchanan + Travis

92%

combined storage

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Buchanan is holding steady. Water in and water out are about even this week. That puts it in the “Near full” range, 6.33 ft above the “First pinch points” line.

Past 30 days

−0.76 ft over this window
1,018.501,019.00Aug 30Sep 14Sep 29
Lake elevation, past 30 days, now 1,018.32 ft, down 0.76 ft over the window
DateElevation (ft)
Aug 301,019.08
Aug 311,019.05
Sep 11,019.02
Sep 21,019.00
Sep 31,018.96
Sep 41,018.93
Sep 51,018.91
Sep 61,018.89
Sep 71,018.87
Sep 81,018.84
Sep 91,018.81
Sep 101,018.78
Sep 111,018.75
Sep 121,018.72
Sep 131,018.68
Sep 141,018.65
Sep 151,018.61
Sep 161,018.58
Sep 171,018.56
Sep 181,018.54
Sep 191,018.51
Sep 201,018.49
Sep 211,018.50
Sep 221,018.48
Sep 231,018.45
Sep 241,018.43
Sep 251,018.41
Sep 261,018.37
Sep 271,018.35
Sep 281,018.35
Sep 291,018.32

Daily mean elevation · TWDB (LCRA gauge) · provisional

The lake in cross-section

Historic high 1021.41991Full pool 10202013 drought 985.27Historic low 983.719521,018.33 ft

Rivers into the lake

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46 cfs46 cfsColorado46 cfsLake BuchananColorado incl. San Saba Riv…96% fullBuchanan storage
SteadyReceding · high water draining downOn the rise · climbing right nowInbound wave · big rise upstreamFlooding · NWS, by river heightNo current readingRising or falling is judged from each gauge’s last 48 hours, scaled to its river. Dot speed follows the flow. NWS flood status comes from river height and outranks direction.

Streamflow at the river gauge (USGS or LCRA, whichever is newer). Labels are gauge readings in cfs. Line width isn’t to scale.

The rivers, gauge by gauge

46cfs combined

Gauged rivers only. Runoff below these gauges and ungauged arms aren’t counted. Streamflow: USGS or LCRA Hydromet, whichever reported last for each gauge (provisional). Flood status: NOAA/NWS, from river height at each gauge rather than flow.

The Highland Lakes chain · upstream → downstream

Buchanan

1,018.33ft

1.67 ft below full

−0.16 ft · 7d

Inks

887.11ft

0.59 ft below full

−0.22 ft · 7d

LBJ

824.74ft

0.26 ft below full

−0.10 ft · 7d

Marble Falls

736.81ft

0.19 ft below full

+0.03 ft · 7d

Travis

674.65ft

6.35 ft below full

−0.84 ft · 7d

Austin

492.13ft

0.67 ft below full

−0.39 ft · 7d