State · United States · USGS · BOR · USACE · CDEC

Texas

68.2% average fill

Measured

121

Volume stored

27,503 hm³

Measured capacity

40,319 hm³

Critical

Low level

Below month average

67 of 121

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Drought Monitor · 20 October 2026

Weekly map · area in each category

Drought status

70.2%

of the area in drought (D1 or worse)

Worst category: D3 extreme drought

down 8.2 points on the week

D0 20.8%D1 25%D2 34.7%D3 10.2%D4 0.3%

Severe or worse (D2+)

45.2%

Extreme or worse (D3+)

10.5%

DSCI

2170–500

People in drought

21.2 million

Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)

68.2% full121 tracked

Reservoirs on drought ground

104 of 12161 in D2 or worse

As of the 20 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 70.2% of Texas was in drought (D1 or worse), with 10.5% in extreme or exceptional drought (D3–D4). The 121 reservoirs we track in Texas were 68.2% full on their latest readings. 104 of 121 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 61 of them in severe drought (D2) or worse.

The Drought Monitor maps where conditions are dry this week — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not how much water is stored. Reservoir storage lags it by months, so a region can be in drought with full reservoirs, or out of drought with empty ones. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.

Reservoirs

Sorted by capacity

Sam Rayburn Reservoir

61.1%2,152 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 79% of month avg· D2

Lake Texoma

96.2%3,063 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D2

Amistad Reservoir

46.7%1,045 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 135% of month avg· D2

Lake Livingston

83.8%1,808 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 98% of month avg· D0

Falcon Reservoir

low

20.1%387 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 137% of month avg· D1

Richland-Chambers Reservoir

89.8%1,246 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 98% of month avg· D1

Lake Travis

93.5%1,267 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 148% of month avg· D2

Lake Meredith

low

27.8%324 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 107% of month avg· D1

Lake Tawakoni

87.5%959 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 96% of month avg· D1

Lake Buchanan

95.7%1,023 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 127% of month avg· D0

Ray Roberts Lake

93.5%909 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D0

Choke Canyon Reservoir

critical

19.6%173 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 107% of month avg· D3

Choke Canyon Reservoir

critical

19.6%173 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 88% of month avg· D3

Lake Fork Reservoir

80.9%674 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 91% of month avg· D2

Cedar Creek Reservoir

66.6%553 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 86% of month avg· D1

Whitney Lake

90.2%629 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D0

Lewisville Lake

81.3%565 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

O. H. Ivie Reservoir

40.9%279 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 107% of month avg· D2

Possum Kingdom Lake

91.8%609 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D0

E. V. Spence Reservoir

critical

9.4%60 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 65% of month avg· D2

Lake Ray Hubbard

83.2%451 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D1

Belton Lake

96.2%514 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 112% of month avg· D2

Lake Conroe

93.5%480 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 98% of month avg· D0

Lavon Lake

78.4%396 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D1

Canyon Lake

96.4%451 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 138% of month avg· D1

Bois d'Arc Lake

86.8%394 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D3

Lake Palestine

86.7%393 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D1

Lake Bridgeport

72.2%322 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 101% of month avg· D0

Hubbard Creek Reservoir

low

35.6%138 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 78% of month avg· D1

Lake Kemp

62.1%229 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 107% of month avg· D2

Cooper (Chapman) Lake

63.8%204 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 81% of month avg· D3

Lake Corpus Christi

79.5%252 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 174% of month avg· D2

Medina Lake

low

27.3%86 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 287% of month avg· D1

Lake O' the Pines

89.8%267 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 92% of month avg· D3

Lake Arrowhead

70.0%199 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D1

Stillhouse Hollow Lake

96.3%273 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 109% of month avg· D2

Barker Reservoir

critical

0.0%0 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 0% of month avg· D1

Lake Limestone

82.0%206 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 98% of month avg· D2

Lake J. B. Thomas

low

20.7%51 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 74% of month avg· D2

Addicks Reservoir

critical

0.0%0 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 0% of month avg· D1

Lake Bob Sandlin

87.0%207 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 93% of month avg· D3

Waco Lake

86.7%202 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 102% of month avg· D1

Twin Buttes Reservoir

critical

6.2%14 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 36% of month avg· D2

Eagle Mountain Lake

72.8%166 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 99% of month avg· D1

Grapevine Lake

90.5%182 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D1

Lake Texana

82.8%162 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 103% of month avg· D1

Comanche Creek Reservoir

100.0%187 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D1

Somerville Lake

86.3%160 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 106% of month avg· D2

Joe Pool Lake

91.0%168 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D1

Lake Houston

91.5%166 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 100% of month avg· D1

Red Bluff Reservoir

45.5%81 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D0

Lake Granbury

87.9%144 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D1

Lake Brownwood

88.8%143 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 106% of month avg· D1

Wright Patman Lake

100.0%151 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D3

O. C. Fisher Lake

critical

10.4%15 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 135% of month avg· D2

Pat Mayse Lake

88.4%124 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D3

Lake L. B. Johnson

98.1%137 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D0

Truscott Brine Lake

low

24.1%32 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 103% of month avg· D2

Lake Alan Henry

73.0%87 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 83% of month avg· D2

Lake Kickapoo

80.0%85 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 112% of month avg· D2

Benbrook Lake

74.3%78 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 98% of month avg· D1

Martin Lake

74.9%70 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 90% of month avg· D3

Lake Tyler

82.4%73 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir

66.5%57 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D2

B. A. Steinhagen Lake

95.3%81 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D1

Lake Cypress Springs

87.8%72 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D3

Palo Duro Reservoir

critical

0.4%0 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 18% of month avg· D3

Greenbelt Lake

critical

5.1%4 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 56% of month avg· D3

Proctor Lake

56.4%38 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 85% of month avg· D1

Granger Lake

98.8%63 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 108% of month avg· D2

Lake Stamford

73.6%47 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

Navarro Mills Lake

78.9%49 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 91% of month avg· D2

Mackenzie Reservoir

critical

10.8%6 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D3

Lake Graham

65.9%37 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 89% of month avg· D1

Bardwell Lake

84.7%46 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 93% of month avg· D2

Aquilla Lake

80.5%43 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D1

Champion Creek Reservoir

45.1%23 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 91% of month avg· D2

Lake Arlington

79.7%40 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 100% of month avg· D1

Lake Cherokee

75.9%38 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 87% of month avg· D3

Lake Nacogdoches

82.4%40 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 94% of month avg· D2

Oak Creek Reservoir

critical

13.4%7 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 52% of month avg· D3

Murvaul Lake

86.3%41 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D2

Lake Coleman

77.3%36 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

Lake Georgetown

78.4%37 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 119% of month avg· D2

Monticello Reservoir

71.4%31 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 92% of month avg· D3

Lake Worth

76.6%32 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 101% of month avg· D1

White River Reservoir

low

27.3%11 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 102% of month avg· D2

Coleto Creek Reservoir

75.0%29 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

Lake Colorado City

52.6%20 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 89% of month avg· D2

Lake Athens

96.4%35 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 102% of month avg· D1

Lake Cisco

42.2%15 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 79% of month avg· D1

Brady Creek Reservoir

83.5%30 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 137% of month avg· D1

Leon Reservoir

74.6%26 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D1

Millers Creek Reservoir

62.5%21 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 94% of month avg· D2

Lake Palo Pinto

73.2%24 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 105% of month avg· D0

Lake Pat Cleburne

87.2%28 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 104% of month avg· D1

Gibbons Creek Reservoir

85.5%27 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D1

Lake Jacksonville

95.3%30 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D1

Moss Lake

97.9%29 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 107% of month avg· D0

Lake Austin

96.9%29 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D2

Mountain Creek Lake

100.0%28 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D1

Lake Nocona (Farmer's Creek)

73.0%19 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 93% of month avg· D1

Lake Amon G Carter

80.6%19 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 93% of month avg· D0

Lake Weatherford

58.8%13 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 90% of month avg· D0

Lake Sulphur Springs

83.2%18 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D2

Houston County Lake

93.3%20 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D1

Lake Striker

72.0%15 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 81% of month avg· D2

North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir

75.4%14 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 132% of month avg· D3

Inks Lake

95.5%16 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 110% of month avg· D0

Lake Sweetwater

critical

16.3%2 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 49% of month avg· D2

Lost Creek Reservoir

87.3%13 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D0

Lake Waxahachie

74.4%10 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 102% of month avg· D1

Lake Bonham

74.5%10 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D2

Lake Nasworthy

92.9%12 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-27· 102% of month avg· D2

Lake Crook

82.1%9 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 96% of month avg· D3

New Terrell City Lake

low

23.6%3 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D1

Hords Creek Lake

44.5%4 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 109% of month avg· D2

Lake Abilene

critical

6.7%1 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 68% of month avg· D3

Lake Marble Falls

97.8%9 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 103% of month avg· D0

Halbert Lake

74.9%6 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 98% of month avg· D1

Lake Mineral Wells

84.4%5 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-28· 105% of month avg· D0

Storage from official US gauges (USGS, USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, CDEC) and, in Texas, the Texas Water Development Board. Fill % uses design capacity from the National Inventory of Dams where available; Water Data for Texas lakes use that board's conservation capacity; a few sites without a match fall back to the 5-year maximum. "% of month avg" compares the current fill with the reservoir’s own average for this calendar month over its readings on record. D0–D4 is the U.S. Drought Monitor category of the ground at the reservoir’s coordinates on the latest weekly map — local conditions, not storage.

About reservoirs in Texas

As of October 28, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Texas that report live levels hold roughly 27,503 hm³ of water — about 68.2% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Texas's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.

Across the region, 13 reservoirs are at critically low levels and 8 are low. Comanche Creek Reservoir is the fullest at 100.0%, while Addicks Reservoir is the lowest at 0.0%.

Over the most recent week on record, 4 reservoirs rose and 9 reservoirs fell across Texas.

Storage figures for Texas come from USGS · USACE · BOR · TWDB; the most recent reading is from October 28, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.

Texas at a glance

Reservoirs tracked: 121
Average fill: 68.2%
Water stored: 27,503 hm³
Combined capacity: 40,319 hm³
At critically low levels: 13
Fullest: Comanche Creek Reservoir (100.0%)
Lowest: Addicks Reservoir (0.0%)
Last updated: October 28, 2026

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