The lake is at record lows because the Guadalupe/Blanco River Authority makes downstream flow guarantees years ahead of time to protect the river spawning habitats of protected species. This keeps the dam release faucets on high despite the low rain and runoff. Because these flow agreements don’t take rain into consideration, the lake gets low and destroys property and recreation. The rain and runoff will have to be greater than the guaranteed flow agreements that are keeping the lake levels low. It will eventually happen. Excellent video!
Once a lake gets under a certain % and the lake bed is able to dry out it doesn’t get back to the same lake Medina is at 2% it will never be the same a lot of rain in area early summer didn’t do anything is over development
@@ic_clearly That's the problem ,that's not understood by 99% of commenters , they simply do not understand that this happens by weather manipulation !
Unless we get a LOT of rain and the county puts the brakes on over-development, it's going to get much worse than it already is. Lennar is planning to build approximately 2400 starter homes on Hwy 306 and Hwy 281 (near 306) and the county says they can't stop the development. The Texas Water Company is also selling a significant amount of water from the lake to San Antonio Water System (SAWS). It's absolutely ridiculous!
Over Eight Inches of rain in July fell exactly where needed over the upper Guadalupe watershed. The river had flood conditions for a week. Net result for Canyon Lake? Practically NOTHING. The reservoir recovered less than 3% capacity then resumed rapid decline after a week. This is ominous and demonstrates how profound these deficits are.
We’re currently in a cyclical pattern, and the water will return. I recall when I worked on a flooded house situated downriver from Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe. The first floor was submerged, with about 5 feet of water! Remarkably, the house is even 40 feet above the river’s regular level. I drove my boat over the roofs of the pavilions at Comal Park. Everyone was panicking because most boat ramps were submerged. Throughout history, the weather has been employed as a weapon in various ways.
I am skeptical. Took over four years to fill. Fair chance we have more drought years ahead. Watch the rate of daily decline from 150 to 200 Acre Feet per day. In roughly 18 months we may see GBRA Emergency Stage 6. At that point less than 6 months H2O left OR unavailable. In roughly two years Canyon Lake could be a puddle of silt.
I have been living here at the lake the last 30 years, and I have never seen it this low. And if we don't get a biblical rain in the next year or 2, it will no longer be a lake, it will be a pond. Medina 2.0. I blame it on drought and population explosion here. The water is getting pumped out to all the surrounding communities.
I spent a lot of time at that lake as a kid when we would go on vacation down there were from Fritch which is 32 my les north of Amarillo. I hope it recovers my home lake lake Meredith nearly went dry it full level is 102 feet and it dropped to 18 feet in 2013 then we got record rain and came up to 78 feet but currently it's at 70 sadly I'm afraid it will never get back to normal aroound 90-92 feet deep Rain is preety scarce in the Texas panhandle. Best of luck canyon lake
Yep. I live near Medina Lake. It’s awful. The farmers probably don’t have enough water to grow crops next year and people’s wells are drying up. Medina county think our land is worth WAY more than it is and taxes for it is out of freaking control.
Canyon lake has never been this low . We had a 500 year flood in 1998 and a couple more since then but this is twice as low as the record before this low mark . The rate of dropping water level has never been this fast . The way the charts look now to me and I'm not an expert but it looks like even if we had a massive 500 year type flooding event in 2 years it would be back to the level it is now . The none stop releasing of water at the dam and the constant selling off and pumping of water is exceeding the amount the lake can provide. Even if we had normal amounts of rain it's simple not enuf . A massive flood event will only be a temporary solution . They should be planning and building new reservoirs because we are definitely running out of drinking water . Just my opinion and I really do hope I'm wrong.
Canyon Lake did not exist until they built a dam in 1958. Reason, flood control and conservation. The lake was completely filled in 1968. Don't worry just yet. Cause when it rains...It POURS.
Yes indeed. In an area of Texas that’s dry to begin with. Just look at the topography, and it’ll tell you all you need to know about historical rain patterns. Meanwhile, they keep a buildin’ to make a buck.
Not excatly sure of the cause. Seems to be a combination of a severe drought in the area and exploding development as well. The water level charts seem to indicate the levels have been trending lower since 2009 or so.
And yet it is still a big lake that public officials have cut off the public. IT IS STILL A BIG LAKE that the Public should still have access to for recreation!
GBRA is unprepared for this. Do the math on daily water losses - roughly 200 Acre Feet on averaged basis. In less than 18 months we could see Stage 6 Emergency where Canyon water is Unavailable or less than 6 months remain. Then what?? Make up the difference with more deeper Trinity wells to tap an already stressed aquifer? Cow Creek has been at Stage 4 Emergency nearly two years. There is no end in sight to these conditions. Even more ominous is even when it DOES rain this has no impact on Canyon Lake. Two heavy rain events in July flooded the Guadalupe for a week. This included nearly 8 inches of rain in Kerr Co. The net impact was temporary and tiny at best. We are in deep trouble. Anyone with common sense knows NOW is the time to pause development. GBRA WILL NOT HAVE their " future allocations" !!! Firm yield promises DO NOT EXIST if the reservoir becomes a puddle of silt. We are headed for a regional water disaster. Trust me, neither the local or state government have any plans to help those who lose their wells. You are on your own.
Can we have an updated view of these sites? I have been tracking reported water levels of Canyon Lake ( Water Data for Texas). It would be extremely helpful to compare these same sites from from Nov 2024 to January 2025. At this point I question IF the reported remaining 50% capacity is accurate. Even IF accurate how much of that remaining water is mud and silt- unuseable? Imagine the consequences if that bad water line emerges. GBRA would immediately hit Stage 6 Emergency- water unuseable or less than 6 months supply remains. Are we ready for that while thousands more houses are under construction? This weather trend could easily last several more years.
Since nobody bothered to provide the information, Canyon Lake is on the Guadalupe River in the so-called Hill Country in Central Texas, south-west of Austin and west of San Marcos.
Based on averaged daily/ weekly decline Canyon Lake is losing roughly 150 to 200 Acre Feet per day. At this rate we may see GBRA Stage 6 Emergency in 18 months. That means either Canyon water unuseable or less than 6 months supply remain. In roughly two years this reservoir could be a puddle of silt. These lows are all time RECORDS, unprecedented since the dam was built. As of today Canyon Reservoir at 50.8% capacity. After viewing these drone shots I question if that number is even accurate. How much of this is mud and silt accumulated over 60 years?? We need a development pause NOW. Growth based on " Firm Yield" is just plain foolish. Take a close look at these images- once the water is gone those " future allocations" WILL NOT EXIST. Are we going to keep betting everything on some future rain events that may still be years away?? Also keep in mind that groundwater supplies are in equally dire conditions. What replaces GBRA water once Canyon Lake is unavailable? More Trinity Wells?? This trajectory is headed for disaster.
I was born and raised in San Marcos ….i drove by the falls at the head waters a couple of weeks ago…the river is barely running…it used to be so deep in my youth….so by all means keep on building, as though water is a infinite source of. My grandfather said along time ago that the greatest war to ever be fought will be over water….i wonder sometimes if Mother Nature might look at mankind as a failed experiment…and like the dinosaurs simply get rid of us?
@@DroneHypnotics Likely not, they're pumping it out to send to San Antonio faster than it can fill back up. The aquifers in the area are all being depleted as well from all the insane growth. Get out while you still can and beware if you're planning on moving here.
@@DroneHypnotics Forever? That is doubtful. It is likely that the lake will not maintain the level that it did when most of these homes were built on the lakefront. So, yeah, perhaps now would be a good time to sell.
It's not all about the Lake. It's not a revenue generator. Most people out here don't see the Lake and have nothing to do with it. It's beautiful hill country and a nice place to live.
This is a perfect illustration of how Texas does such a terrible job of managing their natural resources. If you build huge capitalist cities (which we all love) and just let everyone with a land title do whatever they want, wherever they want, this is what you will get. Our dependence on depletable resources should in theory, tell government leaders that they need to manage it carefully, but that rarely happens here. What we typically get is landowners do what they want, often on a titanic scale, and someone else will deal with the consequnces at some future date. The depletion of the Edwards and other aquifers was and is completely avoidable - you just need the strong will to stop it.
Everything is in decline - not just the Canyon Lake water levels. The end of this age is fast approaching, and no one can stop it. Turn to God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, before you run out of time.
Yea heard people saying that when mead was drying up. The enjoyment is always rising and falling around the world. Also this is a man made, damned river lake.
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The lake is at record lows because the Guadalupe/Blanco River Authority makes downstream flow guarantees years ahead of time to protect the river spawning habitats of protected species. This keeps the dam release faucets on high despite the low rain and runoff.
Because these flow agreements don’t take rain into consideration, the lake gets low and destroys property and recreation. The rain and runoff will have to be greater than the guaranteed flow agreements that are keeping the lake levels low. It will eventually happen. Excellent video!
Awesome footage and relaxing music! Thanks for uploading!❤
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.🙏
Still a beautiful lake. Let nature take its course. The rains will come, the lake will fill again.
What exactly is natural about a Dam? 😂
@ausrob she said nothing about a dam. 😂 move on Karen
Once a lake gets under a certain % and the lake bed is able to dry out it doesn’t get back to the same lake Medina is at 2% it will never be the same a lot of rain in area early summer didn’t do anything is over development
geoengineering has its consequences..
@@ic_clearly That's the problem ,that's not understood by 99% of commenters , they simply do not understand that this happens by weather manipulation !
Unless we get a LOT of rain and the county puts the brakes on over-development, it's going to get much worse than it already is. Lennar is planning to build approximately 2400 starter homes on Hwy 306 and Hwy 281 (near 306) and the county says they can't stop the development. The Texas Water Company is also selling a significant amount of water from the lake to San Antonio Water System (SAWS). It's absolutely ridiculous!
My husband and I both grew up here our entire lives. Shocking to see whats been underneath the lake the entire time!
That lake is the next Medina lake, prove me wrong...
Nice Drone Work! We love going to Canyon Lake!
Thanks! My husband and I both grew up here our entire lives. Shocking to see whats been underneath the lake the entire time!
Over Eight Inches of rain in July fell exactly where needed over the upper Guadalupe watershed. The river had flood conditions for a week.
Net result for Canyon Lake?
Practically NOTHING. The reservoir recovered less than 3% capacity then resumed rapid decline after a week.
This is ominous and demonstrates how profound these deficits are.
Soon the boat docks will be RV stalls !
We bought in Spring Branch two years ago (were Native Texans) and when we first came to a rental in March 2022 the lake was 96% full !!!!
Scary low.
It's definitely hard to see the lake in its current condition.
We’re currently in a cyclical pattern, and the water will return. I recall when I worked on a flooded house situated downriver from Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe. The first floor was submerged, with about 5 feet of water! Remarkably, the house is even 40 feet above the river’s regular level. I drove my boat over the roofs of the pavilions at Comal Park. Everyone was panicking because most boat ramps were submerged. Throughout history, the weather has been employed as a weapon in various ways.
I am skeptical. Took over four years to fill. Fair chance we have more drought years ahead. Watch the rate of daily decline from 150 to 200 Acre Feet per day. In roughly 18 months we may see GBRA Emergency Stage 6.
At that point less than 6 months H2O left OR unavailable.
In roughly two years Canyon Lake could be a puddle of silt.
Speaking into existence...water will come back and fill our lake!
If we had all the water sold to Bulverde, the lake would fill up fast. And, the river would flow again.
Very very saddening, some of my best memories were spent on these waters...Lets all pray for Biblical Rain!
U should see Lake Mead and Powell which are way larger than Canyon.
People living there will say that they used to have lake shore property.
Pretty sad , we take the lake for granted the video puts it all in perspective.
I have been living here at the lake the last 30 years, and I have never seen it this low. And if we don't get a biblical rain in the next year or 2, it will no longer be a lake, it will be a pond. Medina 2.0. I blame it on drought and population explosion here. The water is getting pumped out to all the surrounding communities.
Comal Park is so dry! I'm sure you can do an update in a few months cause it's only gonna go down.
Yikes, sad to see. We might have to make another trip back out there soon to document it!
I spent a lot of time at that lake as a kid when we would go on vacation down there were from Fritch which is 32 my les north of Amarillo. I hope it recovers my home lake lake Meredith nearly went dry it full level is 102 feet and it dropped to 18 feet in 2013 then we got record rain and came up to 78 feet but currently it's at 70 sadly I'm afraid it will never get back to normal aroound 90-92 feet deep Rain is preety scarce in the Texas panhandle. Best of luck canyon lake
See Medina lake. That’s Canyon lake in the next 6 or so years. Sad.
Yep. I live near Medina Lake. It’s awful. The farmers probably don’t have enough water to grow crops next year and people’s wells are drying up. Medina county think our land is worth WAY more than it is and taxes for it is out of freaking control.
In 1997 the lake was low like this then in 2002 the lake overflowed and carved the canyon lake gorge. It will fill again.
Canyon lake has never been this low . We had a 500 year flood in 1998 and a couple more since then but this is twice as low as the record before this low mark . The rate of dropping water level has never been this fast . The way the charts look now to me and I'm not an expert but it looks like even if we had a massive 500 year type flooding event in 2 years it would be back to the level it is now . The none stop releasing of water at the dam and the constant selling off and pumping of water is exceeding the amount the lake can provide. Even if we had normal amounts of rain it's simple not enuf . A massive flood event will only be a temporary solution . They should be planning and building new reservoirs because we are definitely running out of drinking water . Just my opinion and I really do hope I'm wrong.
The lake has NEVER been this low since the dam was completed in the 1960's
Canyon Lake has NEVER been this low
Canyon Lake did not exist until they built a dam in 1958. Reason, flood control and conservation. The lake was completely filled in 1968. Don't worry just yet. Cause when it rains...It POURS.
Grass beds, who knew?
It’s just the mathematical reality of more toilet flushers = more toilet flushing.
Top comment for the win!!
Yes indeed. In an area of Texas that’s dry to begin with. Just look at the topography, and it’ll tell you all you need to know about historical rain patterns. Meanwhile, they keep a buildin’ to make a buck.
Ok it's low.....but how is the fishing?
Makes it damn good. They stack up nicely. Just gotta find them.
Good kayak fishing though.
It’ll flood again and fill up, It’s still 108 feet in front of the dam that’s a significant amount of water.
What is causing the drop?
Not excatly sure of the cause. Seems to be a combination of a severe drought in the area and exploding development as well. The water level charts seem to indicate the levels have been trending lower since 2009 or so.
Giant computer server farms use lots of water for cooling, plus drought (weaponized weather modification), development, etc.
Too many people moving here!
And yet it is still a big lake that public officials have cut off the public. IT IS STILL A BIG LAKE that the Public should still have access to for recreation!
GBRA is unprepared for this. Do the math on daily water losses - roughly 200 Acre Feet on averaged basis.
In less than 18 months we could see Stage 6 Emergency where Canyon water is Unavailable or less than 6 months remain.
Then what??
Make up the difference with more deeper Trinity wells to tap an already stressed aquifer? Cow Creek has been at Stage 4 Emergency nearly two years.
There is no end in sight to these conditions.
Even more ominous is even when it DOES rain this has no impact on Canyon Lake. Two heavy rain events in July flooded the Guadalupe for a week. This included nearly 8 inches of rain in Kerr Co. The net impact was temporary and tiny at best.
We are in deep trouble. Anyone with common sense knows NOW is the time to pause development. GBRA WILL NOT HAVE their " future allocations" !!!
Firm yield promises DO NOT EXIST if the reservoir becomes a puddle of silt.
We are headed for a regional water disaster. Trust me, neither the local or state government have any plans to help those who lose their wells.
You are on your own.
Can we have an updated view of these sites? I have been tracking reported water levels of Canyon Lake ( Water Data for Texas). It would be extremely helpful to compare these same sites from from Nov 2024 to January 2025. At this point I question IF the reported remaining 50% capacity is accurate.
Even IF accurate how much of that remaining water is mud and silt- unuseable? Imagine the consequences if that bad water line emerges. GBRA would immediately hit Stage 6 Emergency- water unuseable or less than 6 months supply remains.
Are we ready for that while thousands more houses are under construction?
This weather trend could easily last several more years.
we are due a flood
Due a flood? What does that even mean?
Nice footage. Pray for rain.
Since nobody bothered to provide the information, Canyon Lake is on the Guadalupe River in the so-called Hill Country in Central Texas, south-west of Austin and west of San Marcos.
Maybe it's like understanding the "Maze", and this video is not for you.
My stepmother told me when I was a kid that she is a witch she lives on Canyon Lake get her to move and the levels will rise 😅
Based on averaged daily/ weekly decline Canyon Lake is losing roughly 150 to 200 Acre Feet per day. At this rate we may see GBRA Stage 6 Emergency in 18 months. That means either Canyon water unuseable or less than 6 months supply remain.
In roughly two years this reservoir could be a puddle of silt. These lows are all time RECORDS, unprecedented since the dam was built.
As of today Canyon Reservoir at 50.8% capacity. After viewing these drone shots I question if that number is even accurate. How much of this is mud and silt accumulated over 60 years??
We need a development pause NOW.
Growth based on " Firm Yield" is just plain foolish. Take a close look at these images- once the water is gone those
" future allocations" WILL NOT EXIST.
Are we going to keep betting everything on some future rain events that may still be years away??
Also keep in mind that groundwater supplies are in equally dire conditions.
What replaces GBRA water once Canyon Lake is unavailable?
More Trinity Wells??
This trajectory is headed for disaster.
Good info, thanks for sharing
I was born and raised in San Marcos ….i drove by the falls at the head waters a couple of weeks ago…the river is barely running…it used to be so deep in my youth….so by all means keep on building, as though water is a infinite source of. My grandfather said along time ago that the greatest war to ever be fought will be over water….i wonder sometimes if Mother Nature might look at mankind as a failed experiment…and like the dinosaurs simply get rid of us?
Sadly, it seems we're heading in that direction. I hope it's not too late!
So the fish must be concentrated in the main channel, bank fishing must suck.
Most likely!
My wife and I took our dog out last week and we couldn’t believe it!😟
Pray for rain
Stop selling water to San Antonio problem solved
Get rid of Ron NirenBERG and maybe elect a non jewish communist and maybe these problems will resolve?
This would be a good time to remove all the trees and branches.
yup
All thanks to governors Abbott and Perry before him telling everyone and their brothers to move here without adding ANY infrastructure😡.
You better sell your land while you can! It's not coming back up
Yikes, scary to imagine if you own property there.. Do you really think the levels will stay low forever?
@@DroneHypnotics Likely not, they're pumping it out to send to San Antonio faster than it can fill back up. The aquifers in the area are all being depleted as well from all the insane growth. Get out while you still can and beware if you're planning on moving here.
@@DroneHypnotics Forever? That is doubtful. It is likely that the lake will not maintain the level that it did when most of these homes were built on the lakefront. So, yeah, perhaps now would be a good time to sell.
It's not all about the Lake. It's not a revenue generator. Most people out here don't see the Lake and have nothing to do with it. It's beautiful hill country and a nice place to live.
This is a perfect illustration of how Texas does such a terrible job of managing their natural resources. If you build huge capitalist cities (which we all love) and just let everyone with a land title do whatever they want, wherever they want, this is what you will get. Our dependence on depletable resources should in theory, tell government leaders that they need to manage it carefully, but that rarely happens here. What we typically get is landowners do what they want, often on a titanic scale, and someone else will deal with the consequnces at some future date. The depletion of the Edwards and other aquifers was and is completely avoidable - you just need the strong will to stop it.
Everything is in decline - not just the Canyon Lake water levels. The end of this age is fast approaching, and no one can stop it. Turn to God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, before you run out of time.
Nothing fails like prayer.
Yea heard people saying that when mead was drying up. The enjoyment is always rising and falling around the world. Also this is a man made, damned river lake.