Arkansas · USACE Little Rock District (SWL)

Greers Ferry Lake water level

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

FULL POOL 456 458 460 462
Elevation, feet (project datum (NGVD29-era))

as of August 15, 2026

459.95 ft project datum (NGVD29-era)

level 2.1 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August

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


Greers Ferry Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1990–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 460 470 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1990–2026 · elevation, feet (project datum (NGVD29-era))

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 450 460 470 480 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2008 (wettest on record)
  • 2006 (driest on record)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2026 (this year)

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 462.04 ft project datum (NGVD29-era) · per USACE Little Rock District (SWL) full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 749,300 acre-feet · per USACE Little Rock District (SWL) capacity reference
Gauge USACE series GreersFerry_Dam-Headwater.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Decodes-rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum project datum (NGVD29-era) — Full pool = top of power pool 462.04; flood pool 487.
Last verified August 15, 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 Greers Ferry Lake right now?

Greers Ferry Lake is at 459.95 ft (project datum (NGVD29-era)) as of August 15, 2026 — 2.1 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August

Is Greers Ferry Lake full?

Not quite — at 459.95 ft, Greers Ferry Lake is 2.1 ft below its full pool of 462.04 ft (project datum (NGVD29-era)).

What is full pool for Greers Ferry Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Greers Ferry Lake is 462.04 ft project datum (NGVD29-era), per USACE Little Rock District (SWL) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.