California · Tri-Dam Project (Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts)

Tulloch Reservoir water level

Today's reading against full pool and Tulloch Reservoir's own seasonal history.

504 506 508
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of August 19, 2026

508.65 ft NGVD29

level Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series Tulloch.Elev.Inst.~1Day.0.Rev-USBR-Combined) and updates live when you load this page.


Tulloch Reservoir through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2006–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

480 490 500 510 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2006–2026 · elevation, feet (NGVD29)

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.

480 490 500 510 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2019 (wettest on record)
  • 2013 (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 not published by the operator
Gauge USACE series Tulloch.Elev.Inst.~1Day.0.Rev-USBR-Combined · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29
Last verified August 20, 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 Tulloch Reservoir right now?

Tulloch Reservoir is at 508.65 ft (NGVD29) as of August 19, 2026 — Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Is Tulloch Reservoir full?

Tri-Dam Project (Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts) doesn't publish a conservation-pool figure for Tulloch Reservoir, so this page shows the reading against the lake's own seasonal history instead.

What is full pool for Tulloch Reservoir?

Tri-Dam Project (Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation Districts) doesn't publish a single conservation-pool elevation for Tulloch Reservoir. The seasonal chart shows the range the lake actually runs instead.