Lake Guayabal Water Level
Lago Guayabal · Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico · operated by Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA/AEE)
Water level
103.93 m
above mean sea level · 2026-11-08
SafetyAt 103.93 m, Lake Guayabal is above its seasonal norm — higher than 88.4% of all November days recorded since 1995.
Recorded range
99.39 – 104.3 m
Position in range
92.5%
Seasonal percentile
88.4%
Record since
1995
Official operating levels (PREPA)
Overflow
103.94 m
Safety
102.72 m
Observation
101.80 m
Adjustments
99.97 m
Control
98.45 m
Out of service
97.23 m
These are the thresholds the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority publishes for this reservoir. They, not a storage percentage, are what trigger operational adjustments and rationing decisions on the island.
Drought context
Puerto Rico drought →U.S. Drought Monitor
D1Moderate drought
Week of 3 November 2026
Drought figures describe the ground around the reservoir, not its storage. Sources: U.S. Drought Monitor.
The chart plots where the water level sits inside the range this reservoir has recorded since 1995 (99.39 m to 104.3 m). It is a level position, not a share of storage capacity — Puerto Rico does not publish reservoir volume.
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Dam and gauge
Design capacity
4.07 hm³
National Inventory of Dams
USGS gauge
50111300
Daily values, 15-minute source data
Municipality
Juana Díaz
South Puerto Rico
Primary use
hydropower
PREPA / AEE
Design capacity is the volume the dam was built to impound, from the US Army Corps of Engineers' National Inventory of Dams. It describes the size of the reservoir — it is not used to compute a fill percentage, because the elevation-to-volume curve needed for that is not published for Puerto Rico.