Gulf Coast Gauges

Barker Reservoir water level

Flood-control reservoir run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · USGS station 08072500 · NWS gauge BAKT2

69.56 ft

water surface elevation (NAVD88), Oct 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM CDT

Water stored
2.2 acre-feet
Below NWS minor flood stage
23.6 ft
NWS action stage
90.2 ft
NWS minor flood stage
93.2 ft
Highest daily high since 2008
101.59 ft (August 30, 2017)

Barker Reservoir is a flood-control reservoir, run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is dry or nearly dry most of the time and holds water only after heavy rain, so a low level and little stored water are its normal state, not a drought. The most it has held in the USGS record was 169,800 acre-feet on August 30, 2017.

Elevation is the height of the lake surface above NAVD88 (a fixed survey reference), not a water depth. Storage is USGS's estimate of the water held, in acre-feet (one acre-foot covers an acre a foot deep).

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Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston.

Last 7 days

69.6 70.2 70.9 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23

USGS daily highs for the most recent days; hourly readings replace this once they start.

Highest level each year since 2009

79 85 91 97 103 2010 2015 2020 2025 minor 93.2 ft action 90.2 ft Water year 2009: 91.21 ft on May 1, 2009 Water year 2010: 88.63 ft on November 1, 2009 Water year 2011: 80.53 ft on January 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 89.12 ft on July 17, 2012 Water year 2013: 86.66 ft on May 2, 2013 Water year 2014: 90.97 ft on June 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 91.87 ft on May 31, 2015 Water year 2016: 95.25 ft on April 25, 2016 Water year 2017: 101.59 ft on August 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 90.11 ft on October 1, 2017 Water year 2019: 87.69 ft on May 12, 2019 Water year 2020: 89.67 ft on June 27, 2020 Water year 2021: 91.77 ft on June 6, 2021 Water year 2022: 87.89 ft on October 3, 2021 Water year 2023: 88.52 ft on February 3, 2023 Water year 2024: 89.78 ft on January 28, 2024 Water year 2025: 84.68 ft on June 18, 2025 Water year 2026: 86.56 ft on June 7, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 86.44 ft on October 6, 2026 2017 2016 2015

Each dot is the highest USGS daily high of a water year (October to September); the hollow dot is this year so far. Dashed lines are NWS references. Hover a dot for its date.

NWS historic crests

DateCrest
August 27, 2017101.60 ft
April 25, 201695.25 ft
March 6, 199293.60 ft
November 7, 200293.20 ft
November 17, 199892.30 ft
July 9, 200791.90 ft
June 1, 201591.90 ft
November 28, 200491.70 ft

As published by the National Weather Service. They can differ slightly from USGS daily values: a crest is the single highest reading.

In past storms

StormHighestDayRise
October 1–2, 202686.20 ftOctober 5, 202616.8 ft

From USGS daily highs across each storm's window.

The county's reading

A separate instrument; small differences from USGS are normal.

Download

barker-reservoir.csv (CSV): the USGS daily record for Barker Reservoir, one row per day with the daily high elevation and daily average storage.

Source. Elevation and storage from the U.S. Geological Survey; NWS references from the National Water Prediction Service. Recent USGS values are provisional.