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Lake Havasu water level

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

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FULL POOL 446 448 450
Elevation, feet (USBR datum (ft above MSL))

as of September 22, 2026

447.03 ft USBR datum (ft above MSL)

level 3.0 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September

Reading comes straight from Bureau of Reclamation RISE (Reclamation RISE item 6128) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Lake Havasu full?

Not quite — 3.0 ft below full pool as of September 22, 2026

How full is Lake Havasu? 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 Havasu through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1980–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 446 448 450 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1980–2026 · elevation, feet (USBR datum (ft above 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 446 448 450 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 1995 (wettest on record)
  • 1983 (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 450.00 ft USBR datum (ft above MSL) · per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 570,253 acre-feet · per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region capacity reference
Gauge Reclamation RISE item 6128 · Bureau of Reclamation RISE
Datum USBR datum (ft above MSL) — Havasu is held in a narrow 440-450 ft band year-round, so it reads near full almost every day.
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

What is the lake level for Lake Havasu today?

Lake Havasu is at 447.03 ft (USBR datum (ft above MSL)) as of September 22, 2026 — 3.0 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September.

Is Lake Havasu full?

Not quite — at 447.03 ft on September 22, 2026, Lake Havasu is 3.0 ft below its full pool of 450.00 ft (USBR datum (ft above MSL)).

How full is Lake Havasu?

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 Havasu?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Havasu is 450.00 ft USBR datum (ft above MSL), per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.