Gulf Coast Gauges

Toledo Bend Reservoir water level

Water-supply lake run by the Sabine River Authorities of Texas and Louisiana · USGS station 08025350 · NWS gauge BKLT2

167.79 ft

water surface elevation (NGVD29), October 24, 2026 (daily average for the day)

Water stored
3,755,000 acre-feet
Below NWS action stage
4.7 ft
NWS action stage
172.5 ft
Highest daily average since 1999
174.20 ft (March 10, 2016)

Live 15-minute readings for this lake start shortly; until then the level shown is USGS's most recent daily average.

Toledo Bend Reservoir is a water-supply lake, run by the Sabine River Authorities of Texas and Louisiana. 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).

No National Weather Service alert covering Newton 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

167.8 168.0 168.3 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24

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

Highest level each year since 2000

164 167 170 172 175 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 action 172.5 ft Water year 2000: 172.21 ft on July 11, 2000 Water year 2001: 173.51 ft on March 4, 2001 Water year 2002: 172.78 ft on April 12, 2002 Water year 2003: 172.91 ft on March 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 172.81 ft on February 26, 2004 Water year 2005: 171.15 ft on April 16, 2005 Water year 2006: 168.84 ft on May 11, 2006 Water year 2007: 172.29 ft on July 18, 2007 Water year 2008: 173.07 ft on April 1, 2008 Water year 2009: 172.20 ft on May 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 173.31 ft on October 31, 2009 Water year 2011: 164.81 ft on October 1, 2010 Water year 2012: 171.28 ft on March 24, 2012 Water year 2013: 170.67 ft on May 3, 2013 Water year 2014: 171.67 ft on May 22, 2014 Water year 2015: 173.16 ft on March 23, 2015 Water year 2016: 174.20 ft on March 10, 2016 Water year 2017: 173.70 ft on August 31, 2017 Water year 2018: 173.25 ft on March 30, 2018 Water year 2019: 173.51 ft on January 4, 2019 Water year 2020: 173.13 ft on April 23, 2020 Water year 2021: 172.88 ft on May 22, 2021 Water year 2022: 171.96 ft on May 12, 2022 Water year 2023: 172.47 ft on May 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 173.32 ft on June 6, 2024 Water year 2025: 172.70 ft on May 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 170.90 ft on June 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 168.27 ft on October 4, 2026 2016 2001

Each dot is the highest USGS daily average 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
March 10, 2016174.36 ft
August 31, 2017173.81 ft
May 19, 1989173.73 ft
January 31, 1999173.60 ft
April 7, 1997173.56 ft
October 31, 2009173.42 ft
March 23, 2015173.20 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, 2026168.27 ftOctober 4, 20260.2 ft

From USGS daily averages across each storm's window.

Download

toledo-bend-reservoir.csv (CSV): the USGS daily record for Toledo Bend Reservoir, one row per day with the daily average 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.