Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Lake Texana
88.3% full
Capacity
196.09 hm³
Volume stored
173 hm³
Vs month average
112% of normal
Coordinates
28.892°N, 96.578°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
88.3%vs 7 days ago
-1.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
+10.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
112%of normal
88.3% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 78.7% for October across 5 years of readings (+9.6 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 Texana
As of October 14, 2026, Lake Texana is filled to 88.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 173 hm³ of water out of a maximum 196 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.1 pts), and it is 10.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Texana — 1430 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 49.6% (April 10, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (January 30, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 28.892°N, 96.578°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.3%
- Water stored
- 173 hm³
- Total capacity
- 196 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 10.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 28.892°N, 96.578°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 173 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 88.4% | 173 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 174 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 174 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 175 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 175 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 175 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 175 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 175 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 175 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 87.9% | 172 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 168 |