Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Palo Duro Reservoir
0.4% full
Capacity
75.32 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
18% of normal
Coordinates
36.348°N, 101.164°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
0.4%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-0.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
18%of normal
0.4% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 2.2% for October across 5 years of readings (-1.8 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 Palo Duro Reservoir
As of October 13, 2026, Palo Duro Reservoir is filled to 0.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 0 hm³ of water out of a maximum 75 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Palo Duro Reservoir — 1346 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.3% (December 20, 2022) to a high of 11.3% (June 24, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 36.348°N, 101.164°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 0.4%
- Water stored
- 0 hm³
- Total capacity
- 75 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 36.348°N, 101.164°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 0.4% | 0 |