1584.97 ft California Department of Water Resources
level Reading is on the high side for mid-August.
Reading from California DWR — California Data Exchange Center (CDEC station PRR); it refreshes with each site update rather than live.
Lake Perris through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2013–2026. 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.
- 2025 (wettest on record)
- 2016 (driest on record)
- 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 | not published by the operator |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 131,452 acre-feet · per California Department of Water Resources capacity reference |
| Gauge | CDEC station PRR · California DWR — California Data Exchange Center |
| Datum | California Department of Water Resources — Full pool left null: operators/press quote 1,588 ft (post-SAFE restoration) but Wikipedia says 1,595 and no agency page verified either — resolve before publishing a figure |
| 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 Lake Perris right now?
Lake Perris is at 1584.97 ft (California Department of Water Resources) as of August 14, 2026 — Reading is on the high side for mid-August.
Is Lake Perris full?
California Department of Water Resources doesn't publish a conservation-pool figure for Lake Perris, so this page shows the reading against the lake's own seasonal history instead.
What is full pool for Lake Perris?
California Department of Water Resources doesn't publish a single conservation-pool elevation for Lake Perris. The seasonal chart shows the range the lake actually runs instead.