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Neely Henry Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 504 506 508
Elevation, feet (APC datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

506.94 ft APC datum (ft MSL)

level 1.1 ft below full pool — on the low side 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 Neely Henry Lake full?

Not quite — 1.1 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Neely Henry Lake? 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.

Neely Henry Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2017–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 502 504 506 508 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2017–2026 · 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 504 506 508 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2022 (wettest on record)
  • 2020 (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 508.00 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 'Coosa River at Neely Henry Dam' pool gauge. Full pool = APC guide-curve max 508 (SAM location 'HNHenry').
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Neely Henry Lake today?

Neely Henry Lake is at 506.94 ft (APC datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 1.1 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September.

Is Neely Henry Lake full?

Not quite — at 506.94 ft on September 24, 2026, Neely Henry Lake is 1.1 ft below its full pool of 508.00 ft (APC datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Neely Henry Lake?

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 Neely Henry Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Neely Henry Lake is 508.00 ft APC datum (ft MSL), per Alabama Power (APC) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.