Canyon Lake sits 1.76 feet below conservation pool in Nov. 1 reading

Residents checking water conditions now have a Nov. 1 Canyon Lake reading 1.76 feet below conservation pool, alongside separate aquifer and soil-drought measures.

By Comal.News Water, Utilities & Weather Desk · Source-linked local reporting

Published November 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM CST2 min read

Official readings

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Illustrated blue lake winding between pale shorelines and dark shrubs, with low hills in the distance and a sloped embankment at lower right. — Illustration: Canyon Lake and its shoreline, representing the reported water conditions rather than the Nov. 1 reading itself.Original editorial illustration; not a photograph and does not depict the reported event or an exact property.Comal.News Visual Desk · Original illustration · Source ↗ · Comal.News original illustration ↗

Canyon Lake stood at 907.24 feet at 1 a.m. Nov. 1, 1.76 feet below the top of its conservation pool.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lists the conservation-pool level at 909 feet and reported no change in the lake level over the preceding 24 hours.

From the source record

Official reservoir readingCanyon Lake, Nov. 1

Canyon Lake is full at the top of its conservation pool, 909 ft; a negative difference is feet below full.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ↗

The Corps reported Canyon Lake at 907.24 feet at 1 a.m. Nov. 1, 1.76 feet below the 909-foot conservation-pool level.

For Comal County residents, the lake level, county soil-drought index and Edwards Aquifer readings describe different conditions and should not be treated as one measure. Each has its own location, unit and comparison point.

The Texas A&M Forest Service's county drought-index summary gives Comal County an average of 445, with readings ranging from 188 to 585. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index runs from zero for saturated soil to 800 for extreme drought. The county average therefore does not describe every location in the county.

In its Oct. 31 conditions report, the Edwards Aquifer Authority listed a 10-day average of 639 feet above sea level at the J-17 index well and a 10-day average flow of 149 cubic feet per second at Comal Springs. The authority also listed Stage 3, a 35% reduction, for the San Antonio Pool. Those aquifer figures measure a well level and spring flow, respectively; they are not Canyon Lake elevations.

These readings establish a snapshot, not when a restriction began or whether conditions are following a sustained trend. Readers can check the Corps' reservoir report for the next lake level, the Forest Service's county index for soil-drought readings and the aquifer authority's conditions report for the next J-17, spring-flow and stage update.

Canyon Lake sits 1.76 feet below conservation pool in Nov. 1 reading

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