Water report · Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Sam Rayburn Reservoir water level
Last reading 17 hours ago: below normal for mid August. Above 10% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 2:00 AM UTC, Aug 13
Sam Rayburn Reservoir water level history
What this means
Over the last 7 days, Sam Rayburn Reservoir held between 156.14 and 156.43 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Aug 6.
That is 0.29 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Sam Rayburn Reservoir held between 156.14 and 156.87 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 17.
That is 0.69 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Sam Rayburn Reservoir held between 156.14 and 156.92 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 4.
That is 0.12 ft lower than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Sam Rayburn Reservoir held between 154.95 and 157.80 ft, lowest on Feb 2 and highest on Aug 12.
That is 1.66 ft lower than on Aug 12.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 08039300, Sam Rayburn Res nr Jasper, TX, 4.2 miles from the centre of Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 08039300, Sam Rayburn Res nr Jasper, TX, 4.2 miles from the centre of Sam Rayburn Reservoir. It reports reservoir elevation. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Sam Rayburn Reservoir record book