Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Inks Lake
94.7% full
Capacity
16.93 hm³
Volume stored
16 hm³
Vs month average
109% of normal
Coordinates
30.731°N, 98.385°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
94.7%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+37.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
109%of normal
94.7% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 86.6% for October across 5 years of readings (+8.1 points).
Data source: Texas Water Development Board (Water Data for Texas) — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Inks Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Inks Lake is filled to 94.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 16 hm³ of water out of a maximum 17 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 37.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Inks Lake — 1460 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 56.1% (October 23, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (July 5, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 30.731°N, 98.385°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.7%
- Water stored
- 16 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 37.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 30.731°N, 98.385°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 94.7% | 16 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 94.8% | 16 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 94.9% | 16 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 95.0% | 16 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 16 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 94.4% | 16 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 94.4% | 16 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 94.7% | 16 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 16 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 16 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 95.7% | 16 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 16 |