Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Possum Kingdom Lake
85.3% full
Capacity
663.78 hm³
Volume stored
567 hm³
Vs month average
94% of normal
Coordinates
32.872°N, 98.426°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
85.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-8.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
85.3% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 90.6% 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Possum Kingdom Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Possum Kingdom Lake is filled to 85.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 567 hm³ of water out of a maximum 664 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 8.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Possum Kingdom Lake — 1461 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 81.6% (November 21, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (June 18, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by TWDB primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Texas basin at 32.872°N, 98.426°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.3%
- Water stored
- 567 hm³
- Total capacity
- 664 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 32.872°N, 98.426°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 85.3% | 566 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 567 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 567 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 567 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 568 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 85.6% | 568 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 85.7% | 569 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 85.7% | 569 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 85.8% | 569 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 85.8% | 570 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 85.9% | 570 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 85.9% | 570 |