Independent water-data site. Not a government website. Every number comes from official agency gauges.

Wright Patman Lake water level today

Reservoir in Bowie, Texas · Sulphur River

224.93ft
68.56 m · NGVD1929
Measured · provisional
Normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▲ 0.29 ft
24 hours
▼ 0.01 ft
7 days
▼ 0.18 ft
30 days
▼ 0.59 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
224.66 ft

What this means

Wright Patman Lake is 0.29 ft above its full pool of 224.64 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 2 of the last 10 years.

The lake has fallen 0.18 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.59 ft in 30 days.

Since 1987, the lowest daily level was 221.02 ft (Dec 1992) and the highest 254.53 ft (May 2016).

Wright Patman Lake level chart

Loading chart…

Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years) Full pool

Same date in past years

DateLevelvs today
Oct 21, 2025224.65 ft▼ 0.28 ft
Oct 21, 2024224.81 ft▼ 0.12 ft
Oct 21, 2023224.61 ft▼ 0.32 ft
Oct 21, 2022225.48 ft▲ 0.55 ft
Oct 21, 2021224.82 ft▼ 0.11 ft
Oct 21, 2020224.74 ft▼ 0.19 ft
Oct 21, 2019224.96 ft▲ 0.03 ft
Oct 21, 2018224.55 ft▼ 0.38 ft
Oct 21, 2017224.51 ft▼ 0.42 ft
Oct 21, 2016224.60 ft▼ 0.33 ft

Records & details

Highest
254.53 ft on May 10, 2016
Lowest
221.02 ft on Dec 9, 1992
Records from
1987 (39 years of daily data)
Full pool
224.64 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Storage
193,938 acre-ft
Inflow
45.8 cfs (1.30 m³/s)
Outflow
97.0 cfs (2.75 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

Tonight52°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 mph
Thursday83°F · Sunny
Wind NE 0 to 5 mph
Thursday Night53°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 mph
Friday83°F · Sunny
Wind E 5 mph
Friday Night55°F · Mostly Clear
Wind E 5 mph
Saturday83°F · Sunny
Wind SE 5 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 13 min ago.

Nearby lakes

All Texas lake levels →