741.72 ft USACE project datum
level 209.8 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September
Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE lake gauge) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Pine Flat Lake full?
Not quite — 209.8 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Pine Flat Lake? 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.
Pine Flat Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1995–2026. 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)
- 1998 (wettest on record)
- 2015 (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 | 951.50 ft USACE project datum · per USACE Sacramento District full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 1,000,000 acre-feet · per USACE Sacramento District capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | USACE project datum — Full pool is 951.5 ft, and a deep seasonal drawdown is normal here. |
| 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 Pine Flat Lake today?
Pine Flat Lake is at 741.72 ft (USACE project datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 209.8 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September.
Is Pine Flat Lake full?
Not quite — at 741.72 ft on September 24, 2026, Pine Flat Lake is 209.8 ft below its full pool of 951.50 ft (USACE project datum).
How full is Pine Flat Lake?
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 Pine Flat Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Pine Flat Lake is 951.50 ft USACE project datum, per USACE Sacramento District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.