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Lake Fort Phantom Hill water level

Today's reading against full pool and Lake Fort Phantom Hill's own seasonal history.

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Elevation, feet (above mean sea level)

as of September 30, 2026

1628.79 ft above mean sea level

66% full share of conservation capacity, as reported with the gauge reading

level 7.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September

Reading comes from Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas (Water Data for Texas — fort-phantom-hill) 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 Lake Fort Phantom Hill at Water Data for Texas.

Is Lake Fort Phantom Hill full?

Not quite — 7.1 ft below full pool as of September 30, 2026

How full is Lake Fort Phantom Hill? Lake Fort Phantom Hill was holding 66% of its conservation capacity on September 30, 2026, per Water Data for Texas.

Lake Fort Phantom Hill through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1999–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

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Median and normal range by day of year, 1999–2026 · elevation, feet (above mean sea level)

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.

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  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2016 (wettest on record)
  • 1999 (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 1635.90 ft above mean sea level · per Water Data for Texas — Lake Fort Phantom Hill
Conservation capacity 70,030 acre-feet · per Water Data for Texas — Lake Fort Phantom Hill
Gauge Water Data for Texas — fort-phantom-hill · Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas
Datum ft above mean sea level
Last verified August 20, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Lake Fort Phantom Hill today?

Lake Fort Phantom Hill is at 1628.79 ft (above mean sea level) as of September 30, 2026 — 7.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September. The lake is holding 66% of its conservation capacity.

Is Lake Fort Phantom Hill full?

Not quite — at 1628.79 ft on September 30, 2026, Lake Fort Phantom Hill is 7.1 ft below its full pool of 1635.90 ft (above mean sea level). The lake is holding 66% of its conservation capacity.

How full is Lake Fort Phantom Hill?

Lake Fort Phantom Hill was holding 66% of its conservation capacity on September 30, 2026, per Water Data for Texas.

What is full pool for Lake Fort Phantom Hill?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Fort Phantom Hill is 1635.90 ft above mean sea level, per Water Data for Texas — Lake Fort Phantom Hill. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.