Lake levels today, compared with normal

Live water levels for 1,124 US lakes and reservoirs — next to full pool and what's normal for the date.

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How to read a lake level

  1. Elevation, not depth. Levels are feet above sea level at the dam's gauge — compare them with full pool, not with zero.
  2. Full pool is the level the operator aims to hold. Below it in late summer and winter is normal; far above it means flood storage.
  3. Normal for the date is the middle of the last ten years on that day — the fairest answer to “is the lake low?”