US lake levels today

4.8%full
Lowest right now

Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico, is the emptiest of the 30 lakes with a percent-full figure. Of all 32 we track, 18 are 2 ft or more below normal for late October, 8 are near normal and 6 are above.

Daily readings from USACE, TWDB, Reclamation, USGS and CDEC, Oct 24 to Oct 26

All 32 lakes, ranked

Percent full for 30 of the 32 lakes. Great Salt Lake and Lake Okeechobee show feet instead: Great Salt Lake and Lake Okeechobee have no full pool. For 7 Corps lakes, full is that day's seasonal target, so the figure is a percentage of this season's full pool. A lake above full pool reads 100% and shows how far into its flood pool it is. Sort by vs normal to compare every lake against its own normal for this date.

#Lake% fullStorageThis weekPast year
1 Elephant Butte LakeNew Mexico · far below normal 4.8% 1.06 ft up
2 Choke Canyon ReservoirTexas · far below normal 21.2% 0.13 ft down
3 Lake PowellUtah and Arizona · far below normal 23.1% 5.79 ft up
4 Lake MeadNevada and Arizona · near record low 26.2% 0.79 ft up
5 Medina LakeTexas · far below normal 27.4% 0.87 ft down
6 Lake CumberlandKentucky · below normal 35.7% 1.27 ft down
7 Folsom LakeCalifornia · below normal 39.1% 1.93 ft down
8 Lake OrovilleCalifornia · far below normal 43.2% 4.18 ft down
9 Falls LakeNorth Carolina · below normal 44.0% 0.45 ft down
10 Shasta LakeCalifornia · below normal 50.6% 2.31 ft down
11 Kerr LakeVirginia and North Carolina · near record low 50.8% 0.21 ft down
12 Lake HartwellGeorgia and South Carolina · below normal 64.2%of this season's full pool 0.85 ft down
13 Rough River LakeKentucky · below normal 65.6%of total storage 3.11 ft down
14 Jordan LakeNorth Carolina · below normal 72.0% 0.51 ft down
15 Lake LanierGeorgia · below normal 74.3%of this season's full pool 0.45 ft down
16 Summersville LakeWest Virginia · above normal 74.6%of this season's full pool 4.24 ft down
17 Beaver LakeArkansas · below normal 75.8%of this season's full pool 0.57 ft down
18 Bull Shoals LakeArkansas and Missouri · near normal 77.0%of this season's full pool 0.39 ft down
19 Table Rock LakeMissouri and Arkansas · near normal 78.4%of this season's full pool 0.21 ft down
20 Lake Corpus ChristiTexas · near normal 79.9% 0.12 ft down
21 Lake BerryessaCalifornia · above normal 82.7% 0.11 ft down
22 Lake AllatoonaGeorgia · near normal 92.0%of this season's full pool 1.00 ft down
23 Lake TravisTexas · above normal 93.6% 0.35 ft down
24 Lake TexomaTexas and Oklahoma · near normal 93.8% 1.69 ft up
25 Lake BuchananTexas · above normal 95.7% 0.04 ft down
26 Canyon LakeTexas · near normal 96.5% 0.23 ft down
27 Nolin River LakeKentucky · above normal 97.7%of total storage 0.29 ft down
28 Fort Gibson LakeOklahoma · full 100.0%1.2 ft into flood pool 0.24 ft down
29 Keystone LakeOklahoma · full 100.0%2.3 ft into flood pool 1.56 ft up
30 Oologah LakeOklahoma · full 100.0%2.5 ft into flood pool 0.09 ft down
31 Great Salt LakeUtah · near record low no full pool 0.00 ft up
32 Lake OkeechobeeFlorida · below normal no full pool 0.08 ft up

Normal is the median level within 3 days of this date, 1991 to 2025 (or from the start of a shorter record). Sources per lake: USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, Texas Water Development Board, USGS, California DWR (CDEC). How each number is made.

The emptiest lakes we track

Very low

Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico

4.8%full
109.7 ft below full pool, 29.3 ft below normal Very low

Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas

21.2%full
30.0 ft below full pool, 12.6 ft below normal Very low

Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona

23.1%full
173.9 ft below full pool, 93.9 ft below normal Near record low

Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona

26.2%full
191.0 ft below full pool, 78.0 ft below normal, 0.87 ft above its lowest since 1938 (Oct 22, 2026) Near record low

Great Salt Lake, Utah

4,189.8ft
5.3 ft below normal, 1.30 ft above its lowest since 1847 (Nov 7, 2022) Near record low

Kerr Lake, Virginia and North Carolina

50.8%full
12.0 ft below full pool, 10.2 ft below normal, 0.28 ft above its lowest since 2005 (Oct 11, 2026)

Biggest changes this week

Lake Powell+5.79 ftLake Texoma+1.69 ftKeystone Lake+1.56 ftShasta Lake−2.31 ftRough River Lake−3.11 ftLake Oroville−4.18 ftSummersville Lake−4.24 ft
Lake Powell+5.79 ftLake Texoma+1.69 ftKeystone Lake+1.56 ftShasta Lake−2.31 ftRough River Lake−3.11 ftLake Oroville−4.18 ftSummersville Lake−4.24 ft

Change in feet over 7 days, to each lake's latest reading. Rises in water blue, drops in shoreline brown.

Lake Mead since 1935

Lake Mead began filling behind Hoover Dam in 1935, reached its highest level in July 1983 and on Oct 22, 2026 fell to its lowest since 1938, 1,037.16 ft; today it is 1,038.03 ft.

6008001,0001,2001,4001950197520002025Full poolHighest, Jul 1983: 1,225.8 ft1,037.6today
6008001,0001,2001,40019401960198020002020Full poolFirst filling, 1935 to 1937Highest, Jul 1983: 1,225.8 ftJul 2022: 1,041.5 ft1,037.6today
6008001,0001,2001,40019401960198020002020Full poolFirst filling, 1935 to 1937Highest, Jul 1983: 1,225.8 ftJul 2022: 1,041.5 ft1,037.6today

Monthly average level, feet above sea level. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Feb 2, 1935 to Oct 25, 2026. Lake Mead today.

Lake levels by state

Texas lake levels7 lakes: Canyon Lake, Choke Canyon Reservoir, Lake Buchanan, Lake Corpus Christi, Lake Texoma, Lake Travis, Medina LakeOklahoma lake levels4 lakes: Fort Gibson Lake, Keystone Lake, Lake Texoma, Oologah LakeCalifornia lake levels4 lakes: Folsom Lake, Lake Berryessa, Lake Oroville, Shasta Lake