Lake Thunderbird water level
▼ 12.3 points from 87.2% a year ago
Source: data.usbr.gov/rise/api/catalog-item/134003, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Lake Thunderbird is at 75% of full pool (1035.86 ft) as of September 28, 2026. Lake Thunderbird was last full on July 5, 2025 (95.3% of normal storage). Lake Thunderbird is near Norman, Oklahoma.
Lake Thunderbird level history
This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: Bureau of Reclamation daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1990
Lake Thunderbird is falling: 75% full, down 0.6 percentage points since September 27, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Lake Thunderbird was 87.2% full, 12.2 percentage points higher than today's 75%.
Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).
Lake Thunderbird map
Lake Thunderbird is at 35.2234, -97.2175. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Recreation
- Water supply
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026 , recreation.gov/camping/gateways/1133, accessed September 29, 2026
Data source: Recreation.gov
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Lake Thunderbird yet.
Common questions
- Lake Thunderbird is at 75% of full pool (1035.86 ft) as of September 28, 2026.
- Lake Thunderbird was last full on July 5, 2025, when it held 95.3% of its normal storage (elevation 1,040.43 ft). This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Based on Bureau of Reclamation daily data since October 31, 1990.
- In Bureau of Reclamation daily data since April 1, 1990, Lake Thunderbird's highest elevation was 1,052.8 ft on May 24, 2015. Its lowest after it first filled (October 31, 1990) was 1,030.36 ft on December 15, 2006. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Lake Thunderbird is near Norman, Oklahoma (35.2234, -97.2175).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Lake Thunderbird.
- Lake Thunderbird's dam is used for Flood control, Recreation, Water supply.