167.58 ft NGVD29
59% full share of conservation capacity, as reported with the gauge reading
level 0.9 ft below full pool — unusually low for late September
Reading comes from Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas (Water Data for Texas — caddo) by way of our own server, which asks the agency each time you load this page and passes on its figure in the agency's own datum, unchanged. Water Data for Texas publishes one figure a day for each reservoir, so the date beside the reading is the day that figure covers. For everything else the agency publishes about this reservoir, go to Caddo Lake at Water Data for Texas.
Is Caddo Lake full?
Not quite — 0.9 ft below full pool as of September 23, 2026
How full is Caddo Lake? Caddo Lake was holding 59% of its conservation capacity on September 23, 2026, per Water Data for Texas.
Caddo Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2012–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.
This year vs the years that matter
This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2016 (wettest on record)
- 2013 (driest on record)
Full pool, datum, and the gauge
"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.
| Full pool | 168.50 ft NGVD29 · per Texas Water Development Board (monitoring); bi-state natural lake with USACE-built dam full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | Water Data for Texas — caddo · Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas |
| Datum | NGVD29 — The 168.5 ft conservation pool and the daily elevations come from the same Texas Water Development Board record, so they share one datum. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.
Quick answers
What is the lake level for Caddo Lake today?
Caddo Lake is at 167.58 ft (NGVD29) as of September 23, 2026 — 0.9 ft below full pool — unusually low for late September. The lake is holding 59% of its conservation capacity.
Is Caddo Lake full?
Not quite — at 167.58 ft on September 23, 2026, Caddo Lake is 0.9 ft below its full pool of 168.50 ft (NGVD29). The lake is holding 59% of its conservation capacity.
How full is Caddo Lake?
Caddo Lake was holding 59% of its conservation capacity on September 23, 2026, per Water Data for Texas.
What is full pool for Caddo Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Caddo Lake is 168.50 ft NGVD29, per Texas Water Development Board (monitoring); bi-state natural lake with USACE-built dam full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.