hydrowet
updated Jul 5, 3:45 PM

Lake Travis · elevation at Mansfield Dam

661.77ft msl

-0.12 ftsince midnight
-0.61 ft7 days
+1.91 ft30 days
85%full

Storage

951k

acre-feet

To full pool (681 ft)

9.1 ft

below full

Buchanan + Travis

91%

combined storage

Water temp

86°F

Mansfield Dam buoy

The lake in cross-section

Spillway 714Historic high 710.441991Full pool 6812013 drought 618.56Historic low 614.181951671.85 ft9.1 ft to full

Past 30d

+2.01 ft over this window
670.2670.9671.7672.5Jun 5Jun 20Jul 5

Daily mean elevation · TWDB (LCRA gauge 3963) · provisional

Tributary inflow · gauged rivers upstream

176.2cfs combined

55% of gauged inflow is coming from the Colorado

Gauged tributaries only — runoff below these gauges and ungauged arms are not included. Streamflow: USGS, provisional. Flood status: NOAA/NWS.

Where the water is flowing

Full water budget →
Colorado96.1 cfs · lowSan Saba51.9 cfs · lowLlano23 cfs · trickleSandy Creek0 cfs · tricklePedernales5.15 cfs · trickleLake Buchanan arm148 cfs · Colorado + San SabaLake LBJ → Travis arm28.15 cfs · Llano + Sandy + PedernalesHighland Lakes storage176.15 cfs gauged inflow
Trickle · <25 cfsLow · 25–250Normal · 250–2.5kElevated · 2.5k–10kHigh · 10k–50kFlood scale · 50k+— for scale: the Llano hit 380,000 cfs in 1935

Measured streamflow at the five gauges, right now. Ribbon width is proportional to flow.

The Highland Lakes chain · upstream → downstream

Buchanan

1019.76ft

at full

-0.19 ft · 7d

Inks

886.98ft

0.7 ft below full

-0.15 ft · 7d

LBJ

824.73ft

at full

+0.01 ft · 7d

Marble Falls

736.40ft

0.6 ft below full

-0.07 ft · 7d

Travis

671.85ft

9.1 ft below full

-0.61 ft · 7d

Austin

492.08ft

0.7 ft below full

-0.27 ft · 7d