Canyon Lake Water Level Today
1.6 ft below full pool, 96.5% full, and 16.9 ft higher than a year ago.
Daily reading for Oct 26
Trend and source week, month, year
Source: Texas Water Development Board. Check it at www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/canyon
Canyon Lake boat ramps
The Corps reports 4 open, 0 partly open and 0 closed of 4 recreation areas, as of its page dated 10/23/26. Status is for the whole area, not a measure of water at the ramp.
- Cranes Mill Park Open
- Little Jacobs Creek Open
- Potter's Creek Park Open
- Potters Creek Public Ramp 21 Open
Status: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Operational Status, refreshed daily; locations where shown from the Corps or the state agency named in the sources list. Level: daily reading for Oct 26.
Canyon Lake, Texas. Run by USACE.
Canyon Lake level
Daily level, past 12 months, feet above sea level (NAVD88). Shaded: the normal range, the middle half of readings for each date, 1991 to 2025. Texas Water Development Board.
Monthly average since Oct 1, 1988; gaps where the record is missing. Texas Water Development Board.
About Canyon Lake today
How full is Canyon Lake?96.5% full, 1.6 ft below full pool
96.5% full by storage on Oct 26. TWDB percent full: conservation storage / conservation capacity (storage above dead pool, capped at the conservation pool).
Full pool is 909.00 ft.
How low is Canyon Lake?30.4 ft above its lowest since 1988
1.6 ft below full pool. The lowest daily level in our record since 1988 is 876.96 ft, on May 26, 2025.
Is Canyon Lake still dropping?Yes: down 0.23 ft this week
| Change | Feet | Level then |
|---|---|---|
| Past day (since Oct 25) | 0.03 down | 907.42 |
| Past 7 days (since Oct 19) | 0.23 down | 907.62 |
| Past 30 days (since Sep 26) | 0.71 down | 908.10 |
| Past year (since Oct 26, 2025) | 16.94 up | 890.45 |
Is Canyon Lake normal for this time of year?0.6 ft above normal for this date
Normal for Oct 26 is 906.79 ft: the median of 242 daily readings within 3 days of this date, 1991 to 2025. Canyon Lake is 0.6 ft above it.
What is the water temperature at Canyon Lake?No official reading for this lake
No USGS in-lake water-temperature gauge found within the lake area (checked 2026-10-24). Stream gauges above or below the dam were not used: tailwater and inflow temperatures differ from the lake surface. Checked 2026-10-26: no CWMS (Fort Worth District) temperature series found for Canyon Dam.
When was Canyon Lake last full?Sep 6, 2026
The last day in our record at or above 909.00 ft, today's full pool.
Canyon Lake full pool level909.00 ft
Elevations are feet above sea level (NAVD88).
Where it comes from: TWDB conservation_pool_elevation from recent-conditions.geojson (refreshed daily).
Canyon Lake this time last year890.5 ft on Oct 26, 2025
16.9 ft higher than a year ago.
Levels: Texas Water Development Board, daily reading for Oct 26. Normal and records come from Creek & Lake's stored daily history (13,658 days since 1988); they aren't official unless the operator publishes the same value.