Multipurpose reservoir run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · USGS station 08039300 · NWS gauge JSPT2
153.12 ft
water surface elevation (NGVD29), October 24, 2026 (daily high for the day)
Highest daily high since 2000
175.24 ft (June 3, 2021)
Live 15-minute readings for this lake start shortly; until then the level shown is USGS's most recent daily high.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a multipurpose reservoir, run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: flood control, hydropower and water supply. It is held near a normal level, with room above it to store floodwater, so it rises after heavy rain upstream and is drawn down again afterwards.
Elevation is the height of the lake surface above NGVD29 (a fixed survey reference), not a water depth. USGS publishes no storage figure for this lake.
No National Weather Service alert covering Jasper County was active when this page was generated (Oct 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.
Last 7 days
USGS daily highs for the most recent days; hourly readings replace this once they start.
Highest level each year since 2001
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
March 10, 1992
175.10 ft
February 7, 1974
172.17 ft
February 11, 1999
172.03 ft
As published by the National Weather Service. They can differ slightly from USGS daily values: a crest is the single highest reading.
