LCRA has updated the Flood Operations Report located here:

https://hydromet.lcra.org/floodstatus

Last Update: Jul 14 2025 3:35PM

Three floodgates are open at Buchanan Dam to release storm runoff flowing into the lake from the San Saba River and mainstem of the Colorado River. An additional floodgate will be opened later in the afternoon. Flows downstream will be faster and water levels will be higher than usual downstream of the dam. Please take action to protect people and property that may be affected. 

An additional floodgate will be opened at Wirtz Dam (for a total of 2), which creates Lake LBJ, and multiple floodgates at Starcke Dam, which creates Lake Marble Falls, continue to be open to release storm runoff. 

When the floodgates are opened at Buchanan Dam, the releases will flow over the spillway at Inks Dam, which does not have any floodgates, and through floodgates at Wirtz and Starcke dams into Lake Travis, the only one of the Highland Lakes with room to store floodwaters. The releases from Buchanan Dam may require additional floodgates to be opened at Wirtz and Starcke dams. See the Managing Floods in Flash Flood Alley webpage for a map of the Highland Lakes and additional information about LCRA flood operations.