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Trinity basin · Region C · North Central
TWDB reading Oct 23, 2026
USGS 08049200 — Lk Arlington at Arlington, TX
Extrapolated from the past 60 days
Storage rose over the past 60 days, gaining about 32 acre-feet per day.
A straight-line extrapolation, not a forecast. It assumes the recent rate continues unchanged, ignoring seasonality, rainfall and managed releases — and drawdown normally slows as a reservoir falls. Treat it as a severity signal, not a date.
US Drought Monitor for Tarrant County, Oct 20, 2026
Conditions in the county containing the dam. A reservoir is filled by a watershed that often reaches well beyond one county, and releases are managed, so local drought is context rather than an explanation of the level.
Nearest gaged reaches above and below the dam
How today compares with 69 years of record for this date
At 81%, Lake Arlington is within its normal range for this date, higher than 54% of years on record.
Percentiles pool the ±3 days around today across every year on record, so “normal” means normal for this time of year. Conservation capacity is re-surveyed over time, so percent-full comparisons across decades are close but not exact.
Daily TWDB observations, with the normal range for each date
Normal range for the date (25th–75th percentile)Median year
Past 7 days, typically 15-minute readings. USGS elevations use a published datum that may differ slightly from the TWDB daily value above.
Inflow minus release at the two gages above. This is not a closed water balance — ungaged tributaries, rain on the lake, evaporation, and direct withdrawals are not measured here, so it will not reconcile exactly with the day-to-day storage change.