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CONSERVATION
STORAGE DATA FOR
SELECTED
MAJOR TEXAS RESERVOIRS
16
20
24
28
32
36
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
Year
Millions
Acre-Ftt
Conservation
Storage
Conservation
Storage Capacity
Current
data are based on elevation near end of month at 77 reservoirs
that
represent 98 percent of total conservation storage capacity in Texas
reservoirs
having a capacity of 5,000 acre-feet or more.
RESERVOIR
STORAGE
October
2007
Near
the end of October, the 77 reservoirs monitored for this report
held
nearly 30.8 million acre-feet in conservation storage. As a
statewide
total, the state’s major reservoirs are approximately 89%
full,
which is a record high for this time of year in the nearly 30 years
of
monitoring. Storage went down during the month by 0.2 million
acre-feet
(-1% of conservation storage capacity). Compared to October
last
year, reservoir storage increased by 6 million acre-feet (17%).
Toward
the end of October this year, 20 reservoirs were at 100% of
their
conservation capacities. Regionally, storage was above 90% of
capacity
in the South Central (99%), Upper Coast (98%), North
Central
(95%), and Edwards Plateau (91%) Regions, but the High
Plains
and Trans-Pecos Regions are still experiencing storage below
30%
of their regional capacities. In the past month, seven out of nine
Regions
observed decreases in storage and only two had increases.
Lake
Meredith, the largest reservoir in NW Texas,
is only 12% full.
Compared
to this time last year, the storage increased everywhere
except
the High Plains, Upper Coast, and Trans-Pecos Regions.
Conditions
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STREAMFLOW
O
CTOBER
S
TREAMFLOW
C
ONDITIONS
Reservoirs
Shown on Map
1.
Palo Duro Reservoir
2.
Lake Meredith
3.
MacKenzie Reservoir
4.
White River Lake
5.
Greenbelt Reservoir
6.
Lake Kemp
7.
Miller's Creek Reservoir
8.
Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir
9.
Lake Stamford
10.
Lake J. B. Thomas
11.
Lake Colorado City
12.
Champion Creek Reservoir
13.
Hords Creek Lake
14.
Lake Kickapoo
15.
Lake Arrowhead
16.
Lake Texoma
17.
Pat Mayse Lake
18.
Cooper Lake
19.
Lake Sulphur Springs
20.
Lake Tawakoni
21.
Bridgeport Reservoir
22.
Eagle Mountain Reservoir
23.
Benbrook Lake
24.
Joe Pool Lake
25.
Ray Roberts Lake
26.
Lewisville Lake
27.
Grapevine Lake
28.
Lavon Lake
29.
Lake Ray Hubbard
30.
Richland-Chambers Creek Lake
31.
Navarro Mills Lake
32.
Bardwell Lake
33.
Hubbard Creek Reservoir
34.
Lake Graham
35.
Possum Kingdom Lake
36.
Lake Palo Pinto
37.
Lake Granbury
38.
Lake Pat Cleburne
39.
Whitney Lake
40.
Waco Lake
41.
Proctor Lake
42.
Belton Lake
43.
Stillhouse Hollow Lake
44.
Lake Georgetown
45.
Granger Lake
46.
Lake Limestone
47.
Lake Brownwood
48.
Wright Patman Lake
49.
Lake Cypress Springs
50.
Lake Bob Sandlin
51.
Lake O' the Pines
52.
Lake Fork Reservoir
53.
Toledo Bend Reservoir
54.
Lake Palestine
55.
Lake Tyler
56.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
57.
B. A. Steinhagen Lake
58.
Cedar Creek Reservoir
59.
Lake Livingston
60.
Lake Conroe
61.
Red Bluff Reservoir
62.
E. V. Spence Reservoir
63.
Twin Buttes Reservoir
64.
O. C. Fisher Lake
65.
O. H. Ivie Reservoir
66.
Lake Buchanan
67.
Intl. Amistad Reservoir
68.
Somerville Lake
69.
Lake Travis
70.
Canyon Lake
71.
Coleto Creek Reservoir
72.
Medina Lake
73.
Lake Houston
74.
Lake Texana
75.
Choke Canyon Reservoir
76.
Lake Corpus Christi
77.
Intl. Falcon Reservoir
Of
29 reporting index stations in October, computed 30-day mean flows were
high (5% -
30%)
at 9 stations, low (70% - 95%) at 9 stations, and near normal (30% - 70%
exceedance)
at
the remaining 11 stations. Compared to September, flows have increased
at 5 index
stations
but decreased at 24 stations.
On
a regional basis, flows in October were high in the Trans-Pecos and Upper
Coast Regions,
low
in the East Texas Region, but normal everywhere else. Streamflow in the
Lower Valley
Region
is not monitored.
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CONSERVATION
STORAGE DATA FOR SELECTED MAJOR TEXAS RESERVOIRS
Name
of Lake
No.
Conservation
Conservation
Change
since
Change
since
or
Reservoir
on
Storage
Storage
Late
September
Late
October
Map
Capacity
Late
Oct. 2007
2007
2006
(acre-feet)
(acre-feet)
(%)
(acre-feet) (%) (acre-feet)
(%)
HIGH
PLAINS
Palo
Duro Reservoir
1
60,900
1,420
2
-200
0
560
1
Lake
Meredith (Texas)
2
500,000
93,980
19
-5,520
-1
-15,620
-3
Lake
Meredith
(Texas
and Oklahoma)
(2)
779,560
93,980
12
-5,520
-1
-15,620
-2
MacKenzie
Reservoir
3
46,250
8,450
18
-230
0
-410
-1
White
River Lake
4
31,850
3,840
12
-390
-1
-860
-3
TOTAL
639,000
107,690
17
-6,340
-1
-16,330
-3
LOW
ROLLING PLAINS
Greenbelt
Reservoir
5
58,200
22,190
38
-1,670
-3
4,010
7
Lake
Kemp
6
319,600
276,480
87
-13,960
-4
63,980
20
Miller's
Creek Reservoir
7
27,890
25,650
92
-1,320
-5
4,190
15
Fort
Phantom Hill Reservoir
8
70,030
69,610
99
-420
-1
28,360
40
Lake
Stamford
9
52,700
52,300
99
-400
-1
17,340
33
Lake
J. B. Thomas
10
202,300
30,280
15
-2,500
-1
-4,490
-2
Lake
Colorado City
11
30,800
28,280
92
-800
-3
4,170
14
Champion
Creek Reservoir
12
41,600
10,360
25
-270
-1
5,100
12
Hords
Creek Lake
13
8,600
7,560
88
-270
-3
2,730
32
TOTAL
811,720
522,710
64
-21,610
-3
125,390
15
NORTH
CENTRAL
Lake
Kickapoo
14
106,000
83,670
79
-4,770
-5
11,260
11
Lake
Arrowhead
15
262,100
233,920
89
-7,760
-3
58,870
22
Lake
Texoma
16
2,722,300
2,563,150
94
-43,180
-2
113,400
4
Pat
Mayse Lake
17
124,500
118,100
95
760
1
38,600
31
Cooper
Lake
18
273,000
273,000
100
0
0
187,690
69
Lake
Sulphur Springs
19
17,710
16,230
92
-1,210
-7
2,650
15
Lake
Tawakoni
20
936,200
834,800
89
-19,000
-2
321,200
34
Bridgeport
Reservoir
21
374,830
339,800
91
-16,500
-4
147,000
39
Eagle
Mountain Reservoir
22
178,380
170,300
95
-1,800
-1
51,700
29
Benbrook
Lake
23
88,200
81,260
92
600
1
30,900
35
Joe
Pool Lake
24
175,800
167,430
95
-8,370
-5
6,300
4
Ray
Roberts Lake
25
798,760
798,760
100
0
0
207,110
26
Lewisville
Lake
26
555,000
555,000
100
0
0
169,730
31
Grapevine
Lake
27
187,700
179,450
96
-8,250
-4
74,180
40
Lavon
Lake
28
443,800
411,240
93
-8,010
-2
238,170
54
Lake
Ray Hubbard
29
413,420
412,700
100
6,100
1
84,800
21
Richland-Chambers
Creek Lake
30
1,103,820
1,100,000
100
-3,820
0
352,000
32
Navarro
Mills Lake
31
55,810
53,920
97
-1,890
-3
29,590
53
Bardwell
Lake
32
53,580
46,220
86
-940
-2
6,970
13
Hubbard
Creek Reservoir
33
317,800
297,670
94
-8,720
-3
141,280
44
Lake
Graham
34
45,000
40,940
91
-1,800
-4
5,590
12
Possum
Kingdom Lake
35
551,820
529,640
96
-1,520
0
22,220
4
Lake
Palo Pinto
36
27,650
24,340
88
-1,420
-5
11,000
40
Lake
Granbury
37
135,680
130,260
96
-3,210
-2
15,000
11
Lake
Pat Cleburne
38
25,300
24,700
98
-600
-2
6,200
25
Whitney
Lake
39
622,800
525,590
84
-45,970
-7
78,570
13
Waco
Lake
40
144,500
144,500
100
0
0
21,160
15
Proctor
Lake
41
55,590
55,590
100
0
0
28,520
51
Belton
Lake
42
434,500
434,500
100
0
0
74,600
17
Stillhouse
Hollow Lake
43
226,060
226,060
100
0
0
16,350
7
Lake
Georgetown
44
37,010
37,010
100
0
0
20,360
55
Granger
Lake
45
54,280
54,280
100
0
0
6,190
11
Lake
Limestone
46
215,750
197,060
91
-6,560
-3
12,860
6
Lake
Brownwood
47
143,400
126,670
88
-3,340
-2
29,670
21
TOTAL
11,908,050
11,287,760
95
-191,180
-2
2,621,690
22
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CONSERVATION
STORAGE DATA FOR SELECTED MAJOR TEXAS RESERVOIRS
Name
of Lake
No.
Conservation
Conservation
Change
since
Change
since
or
Reservoir
on
Storage
Storage
Late
September
Late
October
Map
Capacity
Late
Oct. 2007
2007
2006
(acre-feet)
(acre-feet)
(%)
(acre-feet) (%) (acre-feet)
(%)
EAST
Wright
Patman Lake
48
142,700
142,700
100
0
0
0
0
Lake
Cypress Springs
49
66,800
66,800
100
0
0
14,760
22
Lake
Bob Sandlin
50
202,300
200,400
99
-1,900
-1
75,500
37
Lake
O' the Pines
51
252,000
250,610
99
-1,390
-1
87,340
35
Lake
Fork Reservoir
52
635,200
635,200
100
0
0
93,600
15
Toledo
Bend Reservoir
53
4,472,900
3,750,000
84
-38,000
-1
435,000
10
Lake
Palestine
54
411,300
405,530
99
6,280
2
106,670
26
Lake
Tyler
55
73,700
73,700
100
0
0
27,060
37
Sam
Rayburn Reservoir
56
2,876,300
2,368,890
82
-141,050
-5
-359,590
-13
B.
A. Steinhagen Lake
57
94,200
63,120
67
2,540
3
32,340
34
Cedar
Creek Reservoir
58
637,050
611,800
96
-13,900
-2
166,300
26
Lake
Livingston
59
1,750,000
1,747,000
100
-3,000
0
-3,000
0
Lake
Conroe
60
429,900
398,700
93
-4,500
-1
7,500
2
TOTAL
12,044,350
10,714,450
89
-194,920
-2
683,480
6
TRANS-PECOS
Red
Bluff Reservoir
61
307,000
85,660
28
-590
0
-5,420
-2
TOTAL
307,000
85,660
28
-590
0
-5,420
-2
EDWARDS
PLATEAU
E.
V. Spence Reservoir
62
488,760
78,810
16
-4,060
-1
6,810
1
Twin
Buttes Reservoir
63
177,800
71,730
40
190
0
36,420
20
O.C.
Fisher Lake
64
119,200
10,990
9
-640
-1
2,610
2
O.
H. Ivie Reservoir
65
554,340
374,600
68
-6,900
-1
144,700
26
Lake
Buchanan
66
896,980
832,330
93
-210
0
343,400
38
Amistad
Reservoir (Texas)
67
1,771,030
2,268,000
128
254,000
14
373,000
21
Amistad
Reservoir
(Texas
and Mexico)
(67)
3,151,300
2,814,000
89
61,000
2
231,000
7
TOTAL
4,008,110
3,636,460
91
242,380
6
906,940
23
SOUTH
CENTRAL
Somerville
Lake
68
155,060
149,250
96
-3,220
-2
-5,810
-4
Lake
Travis
69
1,144,100
1,144,100
100
0
0
511,220
45
Canyon
Lake
70
385,600
379,180
98
-3,060
-1
53,860
14
Coleto
Creek Reservoir
71
35,060
31,490
90
0
0
6,130
17
Medina
Lake
72
254,000
254,000
100
0
0
150,900
59
TOTAL
1,973,820
1,958,020
99
-6,280
0
716,300
36
UPPER
COAST
Lake
Houston
73
128,860
128,860
100
0
0