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Toledo Bend Reservoir water level

Today's reading against full pool and Toledo Bend Reservoir's own seasonal history.

FULL POOL 166 168 170 172
Elevation, feet (above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum))

as of August 15, 2026

169.23 ft above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum)

level 2.8 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August

Reading from Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas (Water Data for Texas — toledo-bend); it refreshes with each site update rather than live.


Toledo Bend Reservoir through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1986–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 165 170 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1986–2026 · elevation, feet (above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum))

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.

full pool 160 165 170 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 1997 (wettest on record)
  • 2011 (driest on record)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2026 (this year)

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 172.00 ft above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum) · per Sabine River Authority of Texas & Louisiana full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 2,236,450 acre-feet · per Sabine River Authority of Texas & Louisiana capacity reference
Gauge Water Data for Texas — toledo-bend · Texas Water Development Board — Water Data for Texas
Datum ft above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum) — TWDB daily elevation in ft above msl
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

How full is Toledo Bend Reservoir right now?

Toledo Bend Reservoir is at 169.23 ft (above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum)) as of August 15, 2026 — 2.8 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August

Is Toledo Bend Reservoir full?

Not quite — at 169.23 ft, Toledo Bend Reservoir is 2.8 ft below its full pool of 172.00 ft (above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum)).

What is full pool for Toledo Bend Reservoir?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Toledo Bend Reservoir is 172.00 ft above mean sea level (SRA TWDB datum), per Sabine River Authority of Texas & Louisiana full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.