Reservoir · Texas · United States · TWDB
Waco Lake
88.7% full
Capacity
232.99 hm³
Volume stored
207 hm³
Vs month average
109% of normal
Coordinates
31.580°N, 97.198°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
88.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-9.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
109%of normal
88.7% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 81.3% for October across 5 years of readings (+7.4 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 Waco Lake
As of October 13, 2026, Waco Lake is filled to 88.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 207 hm³ of water out of a maximum 233 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 9.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Waco Lake — 1460 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 55.3% (October 22, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (October 29, 2023). 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 31.580°N, 97.198°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.7%
- Water stored
- 207 hm³
- Total capacity
- 233 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.0 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Texas
- Operator
- TWDB
- Coordinates
- 31.580°N, 97.198°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 207 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 207 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 88.9% | 207 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 207 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 208 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 208 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 89.3% | 208 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 208 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 208 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 208 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 203 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 86.0% | 200 |