Reservoir · Texas · United States · BOR RISE
Lake Meredith
Lake Meredith and Sanford Dam
27.8% full
Capacity
1,166.13 hm³
Volume stored
324 hm³
Vs month average
107% of normal
Coordinates
35.711°N, 101.551°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
27.8%vs 7 days ago
+0.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
107%of normal
27.8% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 25.9% for October across 6 years of readings (+1.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Lake Meredith's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Texas drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 35.711°N, 101.551°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Meredith
As of October 27, 2026, Lake Meredith is filled to 27.8% of its total capacity, holding 324.2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,166 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.3 pp), and it is 1.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Meredith — 1825 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 19.7% (April 21, 2023) to a high of 29.4% (September 19, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 35.711°N, 101.551°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 324.2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,166 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 35.711°N, 101.551°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 27.8% | 324.2 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 27.8% | 323.81 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 27.7% | 322.95 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 27.6% | 321.31 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 27.6% | 321.31 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 27.6% | 321.4 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.12 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.12 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.02 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.02 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.02 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 27.5% | 321.12 |