642.80 ft NGVD29
level 4.2 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 09422500) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Lake Mohave full?
Not quite — 4.2 ft below full pool as of August 20, 2026
How full is Lake Mohave? 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 Mohave through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1999–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.
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.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2017 (wettest on record)
- 2009 (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 | 647.00 ft NGVD29 · per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 1,873,648 acre-feet · per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region capacity reference |
| Gauge | USGS gauge 09422500 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System |
| Datum | NGVD29 — Mohave is run in a narrow 633-647 ft band, so it sits near full most of the year. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
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Quick answers
What is the lake level for Lake Mohave today?
Lake Mohave is at 642.80 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — 4.2 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August.
Is Lake Mohave full?
Not quite — at 642.80 ft on August 20, 2026, Lake Mohave is 4.2 ft below its full pool of 647.00 ft (NGVD29).
How full is Lake Mohave?
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 Mohave?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Mohave is 647.00 ft NGVD29, per USBR Lower Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.