What 671.79 ft means

Public boat ramps · sorted by minimum level

• Camp Creek Parkusable

  min 667 ftcloses if −4.8 ft

  LCRA

• Cypress Creekusable

  min 667 ftcloses if −4.8 ft

  Travis County

• Gloster Bend Recreation Areausable

  min 662 ftcloses if −9.8 ft

  LCRA

• Muleshoe Bend Recreation Areausable

  min 660 ftcloses if −11.8 ft

  LCRA

• Pace Bend – Collier Coveusable

  min 653 ftcloses if −18.8 ft

  Travis County

• Pace Bend – Tatum Coveusable

  min 653 ftcloses if −18.8 ft

  Travis County

• Arkansas Bendusable

  min 647 ftcloses if −24.8 ft

  Travis County

• Jones Brothers Parkusable

  min 645 ftcloses if −26.8 ft

  City of Jonestown

• Sandy Creekusable

  min 640 ftcloses if −31.8 ft

  Travis County

• Mansfield Damusable

  min 637 ftcloses if −34.8 ft

  Travis County

• Pace Bend – Tournament Pointclosed

  min 631 ft

  Travis County · LCRA lists this low-water ramp as closed — underwater at current levels.

• Bob Wentz at Windy Pointpaddle craft

  no published minimum

  Travis County · Non-motorized boats only.

Minimum usable elevations: LCRA public boat ramp information (retrieved 2026-07-07). Conditions change — confirm with the operator before towing a boat out. Lakes may be closed to boating during floods.

What each level means

Approximate by design — anchored to published thresholds (ramp minimums, full pool, spillway, records) but every cove is different.

1. Emergency spillway territoryabove 714 ft

   Above 714 ft water can pass Mansfield Dam's emergency spillway — severe flooding around the lake. Never reached; 1991 record was 710.44 ft.

2. In the flood pool681–714 ft

   Above full pool, the lake is storing floodwater. Releases follow federal flood-control rules; expect debris and shifting shorelines after events.

3. Near full668–681 ftnow · 671.79 ft

   Essentially all public ramps usable, coves and docks in good shape. Full for water supply is 681 ft.

4. First pinch points653–668 ft

   The highest ramps (Camp Creek and Cypress Creek at 667 ft, Gloster Bend 662, Muleshoe Bend 660) close through this range; upper-lake coves get shallow.

5. Widespread low-water impact637–653 ft

   Pace Bend (653), Arkansas Bend (647), Jones Brothers (645) and Sandy Creek (640) close; many private docks sit on dirt.

6. Severe drawdownbelow 637 ft

   Even Mansfield Dam ramp (637 ft) is unusable. For scale: the 2008–16 drought bottomed at 618.56 ft; the record low is 614.18 ft (1951).