Hydrowet — Lake Buchanan, live

updated Sep 9, 5:45 PM

Lake Buchanan · elevation at Buchanan Dam

1,003.53ft above sea level

0.00 ftsince midnight

-0.19 ft7 days

-0.82 ft30 days

Buchanan is holding steady — inflows and outflows are roughly in balance this week. That puts it in the “Near full” range, 6.8 ft above the “First pinch points” line.

Storage

854k

acre-feet

To full pool (1020 ft)

1.2 ft

below full

Buchanan + Travis

95%

combined storage

Water temp

—

The lake in cross-section

Past 30d

-0.82 ft over this window

Daily mean elevation · official lake gauge · provisional

Near full4 of 4 public ramps usable · Cedar Point Recreation Area closes if −11.8 ft

What this level means →

Where the water is flowing

Full water budget →

SteadyReceding · high water draining downOn the rise · climbing right nowInbound wave · big rise upstreamFlooding · NWS, by river height— direction is judged from each gauge’s own last 48 hours, scaled to its river; dot speed follows the flow itself. NWS flood status is judged by river height and outranks direction

Live streamflow at the 2 river gauges (USGS + LCRA, freshest network). Labels show measured flow — line width is not to scale.

Tributary inflow · gauged rivers upstream

93cfs combined

52% of gauged inflow is coming from the Colorado

Colorado River near San Saba
48 cfs52%LCRA · 5:40 PM CDT
San Saba River at San Saba
45 cfs48%LCRA · 5:40 PM CDT

Gauged tributaries only — runoff below these gauges and ungauged arms are not included. Streamflow: USGS and LCRA Hydromet, provisional — each gauge shows its freshest network, stamped per reading. Flood status: NOAA/NWS, judged by river height at each gauge — not by the flow number.

The Highland Lakes chain · upstream → downstream

Buchanan

1018.81ft

1.2 ft below full

-0.19 ft · 7d

Inks

887.10ft

0.6 ft below full

-0.02 ft · 7d

LBJ

824.81ft

at full

+0.06 ft · 7d

Marble Falls

736.45ft

0.5 ft below full

+0.01 ft · 7d

Travis

677.15ft

3.9 ft below full

-1.14 ft · 7d

Austin

492.26ft

0.5 ft below full

-0.23 ft · 7d

drawing up the lake…

hydrowet

updated Sep 9, 5:45 PM

Lake Buchanan · elevation at Buchanan Dam

1,003.53ft above sea level

0.00 ftsince midnight

-0.19 ft7 days

-0.82 ft30 days

Buchanan is holding steady — inflows and outflows are roughly in balance this week. That puts it in the “Near full” range, 6.8 ft above the “First pinch points” line.

Storage

854k

acre-feet

To full pool (1020 ft)

1.2 ft

below full

Buchanan + Travis

95%

combined storage

Water temp

—

The lake in cross-section

Past 30d

-0.82 ft over this window

Daily mean elevation · official lake gauge · provisional

Near full4 of 4 public ramps usable · Cedar Point Recreation Area closes if −11.8 ft

What this level means →

Where the water is flowing

Full water budget →

Live streamflow at the 2 river gauges (USGS + LCRA, freshest network). Labels show measured flow — line width is not to scale.

Tributary inflow · gauged rivers upstream

93cfs combined

52% of gauged inflow is coming from the Colorado

Colorado River near San Saba
48 cfs52%LCRA · 5:40 PM CDT
San Saba River at San Saba
45 cfs48%LCRA · 5:40 PM CDT

The Highland Lakes chain · upstream → downstream

Buchanan

1018.81ft

1.2 ft below full

-0.19 ft · 7d

Inks

887.10ft

0.6 ft below full

-0.02 ft · 7d

LBJ

824.81ft

at full

+0.06 ft · 7d

Marble Falls

736.45ft

0.5 ft below full

+0.01 ft · 7d

Travis

677.15ft

3.9 ft below full

-1.14 ft · 7d

Austin

492.26ft

0.5 ft below full

-0.23 ft · 7d