LakeLevelData

Lake levels › Texas › Canyon Lake

Canyon Lake water level today

907.62 ft above sea level (the reading for October 19, 2026). The lake is 97.0% full, 1.38 ft below full pool (909.00 ft). Canyon Lake is falling slowly: down 0.27 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.80 ft over 30 days.

Texas Water Development Board publishes one reading per day for Canyon Lake; today's value appears once the agency posts it, usually the next morning.

Level now907.62 ft
Percent full97.0%
vs full pool (909.0)−1.38 ft
Past 24 hours−0.04 ft
Past 7 days−0.27 ft
Past 30 days−0.80 ft
vs 1 year ago+16.93 ft

Canyon Lake level over the last 12 months

884891898905912 Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26 full pool 909.0
Daily elevation in feet, last 12 months.

12-month low: 886.34 ft (April 18, 2026). High: 910.19 ft (August 6, 2026). Swing: 23.85 ft.

Daily Canyon Lake levels, last 30 days

DateElevation (ft)Change
Oct 19, 2026907.62−0.04 ft
Oct 18, 2026907.66−0.04 ft
Oct 17, 2026907.70−0.07 ft
Oct 16, 2026907.77−0.04 ft
Oct 15, 2026907.81−0.03 ft
Oct 14, 2026907.84−0.03 ft
Oct 13, 2026907.87−0.02 ft
Oct 12, 2026907.89−0.03 ft
Oct 11, 2026907.92−0.03 ft
Oct 10, 2026907.95−0.03 ft
Oct 9, 2026907.98−0.03 ft
Oct 8, 2026908.01−0.02 ft
Oct 7, 2026908.03±0.00 ft
Oct 6, 2026908.03±0.00 ft
Oct 5, 2026908.03+0.01 ft
Oct 4, 2026908.02+0.02 ft
Oct 3, 2026908.00+0.08 ft
Oct 2, 2026907.92+0.04 ft
Oct 1, 2026907.88−0.02 ft
Sep 30, 2026907.90−0.05 ft
Sep 29, 2026907.95−0.06 ft
Sep 28, 2026908.01−0.04 ft
Sep 27, 2026908.05−0.05 ft
Sep 26, 2026908.10−0.05 ft
Sep 25, 2026908.15−0.03 ft
Sep 24, 2026908.18−0.04 ft
Sep 23, 2026908.22−0.05 ft
Sep 22, 2026908.27−0.05 ft
Sep 21, 2026908.32−0.05 ft
Sep 20, 2026908.37−0.05 ft

Monthly average levels

MonthAverageLowHigh
Nov 2025889.74889.39890.17
Dec 2025888.97888.64889.34
Jan 2026888.26888.02888.61
Feb 2026887.81887.55888.00
Mar 2026887.18886.77887.53
Apr 2026886.56886.34886.74
May 2026886.69886.55886.82
Jun 2026887.56886.64888.50
Jul 2026898.39887.96910.09
Aug 2026909.75909.25910.19
Sep 2026908.57907.90909.22
Oct 2026 *907.89907.62908.03

* partial month or year.

Canyon Lake year by year

YearLowHighAverage
2026 *886.34 Apr 18910.19 Aug 6894.41
2025876.96 May 26892.71 Aug 8884.68
2024880.76 Dec 31887.80 Feb 12885.19
2023 *887.66 Dec 31889.95 Oct 16888.78

Canyon Lake on this date in past years

YearLevel on this dateToday vs then
2025890.69 ft+16.93 ft
2024882.95 ft+24.67 ft
2023889.78 ft+17.84 ft

Highest and lowest levels on record

TWDB records for Canyon Lake go back to 1988. The lowest level in that record is 876.96 ft (May 26, 2025) and the highest is 949.01 ft (July 6, 2002). Today the lake is 30.66 ft above its record low. At full conservation pool it holds 378,781 acre-feet and covers about 8,078 acres.

Is Canyon Lake full?

Canyon Lake is 97.0% full by conservation storage, measured against its top of conservation pool at 909.00 ft. It would need to rise 1.38 ft to be full.

Is Canyon Lake rising or falling?

Canyon Lake is falling slowly: down 0.27 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.80 ft over 30 days. In the latest day it moved −0.04 ft.

How does Canyon Lake compare with last year?

Compared with the same date last year, the lake is 16.93 ft higher (65.2% full then, 97.0% now). Two years ago on this date it stood at 882.95 ft.

Data source

Texas Water Development Board (Water Data for Texas), gauge Canyon; readings since Oct 16, 2023. Official source · how we collect it.

Other lakes in Texas

All Texas lake levels