Water-supply lake run by the Trinity River Authority · USGS station 08066190 · NWS gauge LVDT2
129.27 ft
water surface elevation (NGVD29), Oct 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM CDT
Water stored
1,474,000 acre-feet
Highest daily high since 1999
133.92 ft (May 2, 2024)
Lake Livingston is a water-supply lake, run by the Trinity River Authority. It is normally held near a steady level, rising after heavy rain and falling in dry spells.
Elevation is the height of the lake surface above NGVD29 (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).
Active National Weather Service alerts for Harris County
Air Quality Alert — issued Oct 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM CDT, expires Oct 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM CDT. Air Quality Alert issued October 22 at 5:16PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX
Text as issued by NWS Houston/Galveston.
Last 7 days
USGS daily highs for the most recent days; hourly readings replace this once they start.
Highest level each year since 2000
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
Date
Crest
October 17, 1994
134.39 ft
December 14, 2015
133.36 ft
May 28, 2016
133.34 ft
As published by the National Weather Service. They can differ slightly from USGS daily values: a crest is the single highest reading.
