Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By May 1, 2021

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.   More rain in the forecast for today.  Graphic-1 shows the National Weather Service (NWS) guidance for today and Graphic -2 shows the expected rainfall amounts.

Current reservoir conditions are shown below.  Cedar Creek is making flood discharges.  Richland-Chambers is just above conservation level and spillway operations will begin later today.  At this time Lake Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain Lake are not expected to reach conservation level.  Staff will be monitoring the conditions and making discharges as needed to safely move excess water through the system.  Updates to lake status and flood discharges will be posted here.

Please continue to follow the National Weather Service (NWS)  and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.

Please be advised that forecasts and projections are subject to change, and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions.  Updates will be added here as conditions dictate, please check back.

Graphic-1. NWS Saturday Guidance

Graphic-2. NWS Saturday Expected Rainfall Totals

**Benbrook Lake is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  ***See Benbrook Lake Home Page for current discharge. *Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See the City of Fort Worth news feed for updates on Lake Worth.

Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.

817-720-4296

If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your message within 30 minutes.

Posted by CO.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 551.86 550.00 1.86
Benbrook 695.11 694.00 1.11
Bridgeport 838.11 836.00 2.11
Cedar Creek 322.24 322.00 0.24
Eagle Mountain 647.38 649.10 -1.72
Lake Worth 593.16 594.00 -0.84
Richland-Chambers 315.98 315.00 0.98

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*Conservation Level: The permitted level of water an entity is allowed to hold in a lake. Any amount above the conservation level is used for the temporary storage of flood waters and must be released downstream.

**Difference: Amount above or below conservation level.

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