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Canadian basin · Panhandle · High Plains
TWDB reading Oct 23, 2026
USGS 07233550 — Palo Duro Res nr Spearman, TX
Extrapolated from the past 60 days
Storage has been essentially flat over the past 60 days.
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 Hansford 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 27 years of record for this date
At 0%, Palo Duro Reservoir is near its lowest on record for this date — below 100% of all years since 1999. It was last this low in 2022.
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.