Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Lake Mineral Wells
84.6% full
Capacity
6.5 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
Vs month average
107% of normal
Coordinates
32.817°N, 98.042°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
84.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
-2.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
107%of normal
84.6% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 79.3% for October across 5 years of readings (+5.3 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: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Lake Mineral Wells
As of October 13, 2026, Lake Mineral Wells is filled to 84.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 6 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pts), and it is 2.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Mineral Wells — 1460 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 61.4% (October 22, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (March 8, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 32.817°N, 98.042°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 84.6%
- Water stored
- 6 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 32.817°N, 98.042°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 84.6% | 6 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 84.6% | 6 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 84.8% | 6 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 6 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 85.1% | 6 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 85.2% | 6 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 85.3% | 6 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 6 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 6 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 85.6% | 6 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 6 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 6 |