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How low is the lake, really?

Live levels for 663 US recreation lakes — today's reading, feet below full pool, and how it compares to the lake's own history.

The big lakes today

Lake Travis Texas 674.62 ft · 6.4 ft below full Lake Mead Nevada 1037.84 ft · 181.8 ft below full Lake Powell Arizona 3517.90 ft · 182.1 ft below full Lake Lanier Georgia 1064.11 ft · 6.9 ft below full Lake Cumberland Kentucky 697.41 ft · 25.6 ft below full Shasta Lake California 981.63 ft · 85.4 ft below full Lake of the Ozarks Missouri 657.50 ft · 2.5 ft below full Table Rock Lake Missouri 911.54 ft · 3.5 ft below full Lake Norman North Carolina 97.47 ft · 2.5 ft below full Lake Texoma Texas 614.66 ft · 2.3 ft below full Lake Tahoe California 6226.89 ft · 2.2 ft below full Lake Havasu Arizona 447.82 ft · 2.2 ft below full

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What "full pool" actually means

Conservation pool, flood pool, dead pool — the vocabulary trips everyone up, and it changes what "10 feet low" means for your weekend. The plain-language explainer settles it once.