Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By May 17, 2020

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  Currently, the Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek spillways are making discharges – see table below.  The Eagle Mountain and Bridgeport spillways remain closed.  There is a small discharge at the Eagle Mountain 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. 

Rainfall totals for the past 24-hours can be seen in Graphic-1, below.  Most of the rain has moved out of the TRWD watersheds, with some morning showers continuing out east this morning.  See Graphic-2 for  National Weather Service (NWS) guidance.  Please continue to follow the 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 Reservoir Monitoring Update will be posted tomorrow morning.

Graphic-1. 24-Hour Rainfall Totals

Graphic-2. NWS Sunday 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 NR.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 550.64 550.00 0.64
Benbrook 694.34 694.00 0.34
Bridgeport 821.61 836.00 -14.39
Cedar Creek 322.41 322.00 0.41
Eagle Mountain 645.25 649.10 -3.85
Lake Worth 591.26 594.00 -2.74
Richland-Chambers 315.33 315.00 0.33
*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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