Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Lake Colorado City
52.4% full
Capacity
37.94 hm³
Volume stored
20 hm³
Vs month average
88% of normal
Coordinates
32.345°N, 100.920°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
52.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-6.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
52.4% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 59.8% for October across 5 years of readings (-7.4 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 Lake Colorado City
As of October 14, 2026, Lake Colorado City is filled to 52.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 20 hm³ of water out of a maximum 38 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 6.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Colorado City — 1461 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 39.6% (September 1, 2024) to a high of 79.0% (September 6, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 32.345°N, 100.920°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 52.4%
- Water stored
- 20 hm³
- Total capacity
- 38 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 6.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 32.345°N, 100.920°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 52.4% | 20 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 52.5% | 20 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 52.5% | 20 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 52.6% | 20 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 52.6% | 20 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 52.7% | 20 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 52.8% | 20 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 52.8% | 20 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 52.9% | 20 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 52.9% | 20 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 53.0% | 20 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 53.0% | 20 |