E.V. Spence Reservoir water level

Of full pool
9.3%
▼ 0.2 points since September 27, 2026

▼ 4.5 points from 13.8% a year ago

0%100% full
Current elevation
1842.08 ft
Reading as of
Sep 30, 2026

Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-08123950, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.

E.V. Spence Reservoir is at 9.3% of full pool (1842.12 ft) as of September 29, 2026. E.V. Spence Reservoir is near Robert Lee, Texas.

E.V. Spence Reservoir level history

Last full
Not in the data
never 95% of normal storage since December 1, 1968
Highest since 1968
68.7% of normal storage
June 15, 1987
Lowest since 1968
0% of normal storage
December 1, 1968
Data covers
1968 to today
from December 1, 1968

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: USGS daily data.

Storage, % of full pool, since 1968

E.V. Spence Reservoir storage, percent of full pool, since 1968: 0% on December 1, 1968, 9.4% on September 28, 2026.

E.V. Spence Reservoir is falling: 9.4% full, down 0.1 percentage points since September 27, 2026.

On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), E.V. Spence Reservoir was 13.8% full, 4.4 percentage points higher than today's 9.4%.

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).

Latest
9.4%
September 28, 2026
Previous reading
9.5%
September 27, 2026
Same date last year
13.8%
September 28, 2025

E.V. Spence Reservoir is at 31.8796, -100.5173. Open in OpenStreetMap.

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The dam

Height
140 ft
Built
1969
Name
Robert Lee Dam
Operator
Local Government

Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026

On the water

No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to E.V. Spence Reservoir yet.

Common questions

E.V. Spence Reservoir is at 9.3% of full pool (1842.12 ft) as of September 29, 2026.
E.V. Spence Reservoir has not been full in the data: its storage never reached 95% of normal storage. 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 USGS daily data since December 1, 1968.
In USGS daily data since December 1, 1968, E.V. Spence Reservoir's highest storage was 68.7% of normal storage on June 15, 1987. Its lowest since December 1, 1968 was 0% of normal storage on December 1, 1968. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
E.V. Spence Reservoir is near Robert Lee, Texas (31.8796, -100.5173).
Local Government operates the dam at E.V. Spence Reservoir.
E.V. Spence Reservoir's dam is used for Recreation, Water supply.