Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By April 29, 2020

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  Current reservoir conditions are provided below.  Flood discharges resumed at Richland-Chambers last night and early this morning at Cedar Creek.  The Eagle Mountain spillway gates remain closed; however, there is a small discharge at the overflow spillway that will continue until the pool level falls below elevation 649.1 ft-msl.  Updates to flood discharges will be posted here.

All TRWD lakes (including Marine Creek), trail systems and parks remain open to the public and available for normal recreational activities. However, visitors are subject to all rules, regulations and guidance issued for each specific location either federal, state or local during this period of National Emergency.  Please click here to see an important notice about new Eagle Mountain Park hours. 

Overnight rainfall in the TRWD watersheds can be seen in Graphic-1.  As forecasted the heavier depths were in the Richland-Chambers/Cedar Creek area and to the southeast.   The remainder of today and is expected to be dry.  The same can be said for the rest of the week and weekend.  Please continue to follow the National Weather Service (NWS) and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding the 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.  The next update will come tomorrow morning, unless conditions dictate otherwise.  Please check back.

 

Graphic-1. Overnight Rainfall Observations

Graphic-2. NWS Wednesday Guidance

 

 

**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 call within 30 minutes.

Posted by CO.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 542.21 550.00 -7.79
Benbrook 690.41 694.00 -3.59
Bridgeport 828.17 836.00 -7.83
Cedar Creek 318.31 322.00 -3.69
Eagle Mountain 644.07 649.10 -5.03
Lake Worth 591.44 594.00 -2.56
Richland-Chambers 312.86 315.00 -2.14
*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.
For more information read our daily reports or the TRWD Lake Level Blog.

Check out the TRWD OneRain portal for a visualization of this information and more.

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