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Lake Martin water level

Today's reading against full pool and Lake Martin's own seasonal history.

Searched “Martin lake level” or “lake level for Lake Martin”? Same lake, same reading — you're in the right place. The current reading is right here too, whether you typed “current Lake Martin water level” or “current water level at Lake Martin”.

FULL POOL 486 488 490
Elevation, feet (APC datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

487.55 ft APC datum (ft MSL)

level 2.4 ft below full pool — typical for late September

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE lake gauge) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Lake Martin full?

Not quite — 2.4 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Lake Martin? Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.

Lake Martin through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2004–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 480 485 490 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2004–2026 · elevation, feet (APC datum (ft MSL))

This year vs the years that matter

This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.

full pool 475 480 485 490 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2020 (wettest on record)
  • 2007 (driest on record)

Full pool, datum, and the gauge

"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.

Full pool 490.00 ft APC datum (ft MSL) · per Alabama Power (APC) full-pool reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum APC datum (ft MSL) — Live = NWPS 'Tallapoosa River at Martin Dam' pool gauge. Full pool = APC guide-curve max 490 (491 in legacy 'Martin datum' cites).
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Lake Martin today?

Lake Martin is at 487.55 ft (APC datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 2.4 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Lake Martin full?

Not quite — at 487.55 ft on September 24, 2026, Lake Martin is 2.4 ft below its full pool of 490.00 ft (APC datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Lake Martin?

Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.

What is full pool for Lake Martin?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Martin is 490.00 ft APC datum (ft MSL), per Alabama Power (APC) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.