Medina Lake Water Level Today
44.9 ft below full pool, 27.4% full, and 37.5 ft higher than a year ago.
Daily reading for Oct 26
Trend and source week, month, year
Source: Texas Water Development Board. Check it at www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/medina
Medina Lake boat ramps
3 public boat ramps from Texas Parks and Wildlife. They give a location only, with no names or status.
- Public boat ramp 1
- Public boat ramp 2
- Public boat ramp 3
Ramp locations: Texas Parks and Wildlife, Public Boat Ramps layer. Level: daily reading for Oct 26.
Medina Lake, Texas. Run by BMA WCID.
Medina Lake level
Daily level, past 12 months, feet above sea level (NAVD88). Shaded: the normal range, the middle half of readings for each date, 1997 to 2025. Texas Water Development Board.
Monthly average since Aug 9, 1997; gaps where the record is missing. Texas Water Development Board.
About Medina Lake today
How full is Medina Lake?27.4% full, 44.9 ft below full pool
27.4% full by storage on Oct 26. TWDB percent full: conservation storage / conservation capacity (storage above dead pool, capped at the conservation pool).
Full pool is 1,064.20 ft.
How low is Medina Lake?50.6 ft above its lowest since 1997
44.9 ft below full pool. The lowest daily level in our record since 1997 is 968.74 ft, on May 26, 2025.
Is Medina Lake still dropping?Yes: down 0.88 ft this week
| Change | Feet | Level then |
|---|---|---|
| Past day (since Oct 25) | 0.12 down | 1,019.47 |
| Past 7 days (since Oct 19) | 0.88 down | 1,020.23 |
| Past 30 days (since Sep 26) | 1.37 down | 1,020.72 |
| Past year (since Oct 26, 2025) | 37.47 up | 981.88 |
Is Medina Lake lower than normal?Yes: 27.4 ft below normal for this date
Normal for Oct 26 is 1,046.73 ft: the median of 196 daily readings within 3 days of this date, 1997 to 2025. Medina Lake is 27.4 ft below it.
We haven't found an operator's statement of the reason for this lake yet, so this answer only compares the level with a normal year.
What is the water temperature at Medina Lake?No official reading for this lake
No USGS in-lake water-temperature gauge found within the lake area (checked 2026-10-24). Stream gauges above or below the dam were not used: tailwater and inflow temperatures differ from the lake surface.
When was Medina Lake last full?Jul 7, 2019
The last day in our record at or above 1,064.20 ft, today's full pool.
Medina Lake full pool level1,064.20 ft
Elevations are feet above sea level (NAVD88).
Where it comes from: TWDB conservation_pool_elevation from recent-conditions.geojson (refreshed daily).
Medina Lake this time last year981.9 ft on Oct 26, 2025
37.5 ft higher than a year ago.
Levels: Texas Water Development Board, daily reading for Oct 26. Normal and records come from Creek & Lake's stored daily history (9,940 days since 1997); they aren't official unless the operator publishes the same value.