Lake Fork Reservoir water level
Sabine River (Lake Fork Creek) · Texas · operated by Sabine River Authority
By Michael, independent developer behind zovo.one. Readings pulled live from the same USGS feed the operator reports to.
Lake Fork Reservoir is 79% full as of Nov 5, 2026, per the Texas Water Development Board; the USGS gage reads 397.8 ft, 5.2 ft below full pool.
Is that normal for the date?
At 397.83 ft, Lake Fork Reservoir is lower than 85% of Novembers in 31 years of daily record.
The median for this date across 31 years is 400.83 ft, so this is -3.00 ft against the lake’s own history. Placed on a quantile ladder built from 10,163 daily readings published by USGS for site 08018800, 1994-10-01 to 2026-08-06. This reservoir typically peaks in May and bottoms out in December.
Lake Fork Reservoir today: level, trend, source and access
Level against full pool
On Nov 5, 2026 the surface sat at 397.8 ft, 5.2 ft below the full-pool mark of 403 ft. The Texas Water Development Board rates its conservation storage at 79% full. Of the 15 Texas lakes on this site with a live percent-full reading, it ranks 10 of 15.
Trend
Between Oct 7 and Nov 5 (29 days) the level fell 0.7 ft, about 0.2 ft a week. The high in that window was 398.5 ft on Oct 7 and the low was 397.8 ft on Nov 5. In the last 7 days it fell 0.1 ft. The last 24 hours changed it by less than 0.1 ft.
Data source
The elevation comes from USGS monitoring location 08018800 (lake surface elevation above NGVD 1929, parameter 62614), last reported Nov 5, 2026. Percent full is the Texas Water Development Board daily storage estimate for the same lake. Feet from full pool, the trend and the figures above are computed from that reading and the published full-pool elevation; none is typed by hand. Sabine River Authority runs the dam on the Sabine River (Lake Fork Creek).
Recreation status
Status: healthy. At 79% full it is 19.0 points above 60%, the line above which most ramps stay in the water, so a normal ramp day is likely. Ramps still close on their own schedules, so check yours with Sabine River Authority.
Check an elevation against full pool
For readers outside the U.S., the surface of Lake Fork Reservoir is about 121.3 m above sea level, and full pool is about 122.8 m.
Check any elevation yourself. Type a level in feet above sea level (a ramp cutoff, a marina mark) to see how far it sits below full pool and in meters.