Arkansas · USACE Little Rock District

De Queen Lake water level

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

434 436 438
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of August 20, 2026

435.27 ft NGVD29

level Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series DEQU.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev) and updates live when you load this page.


De Queen Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2016–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

435 440 445 450 455 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2016–2026 · elevation, feet (NGVD29)

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.

440 460 480 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2018 (wettest on record)
  • 2022 (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 not published by the operator
Gauge USACE series DEQU.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29
Last verified August 20, 2026

LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.

Quick answers

How full is De Queen Lake right now?

De Queen Lake is at 435.27 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Is De Queen Lake full?

USACE Little Rock District doesn't publish a conservation-pool figure for De Queen Lake, so this page shows the reading against the lake's own seasonal history instead.

What is full pool for De Queen Lake?

USACE Little Rock District doesn't publish a single conservation-pool elevation for De Queen Lake. The seasonal chart shows the range the lake actually runs instead.