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Carters Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 1068 1070 1072 1074 1076
Elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft msl))

as of September 24, 2026

1071.10 ft USACE project datum (ft msl)

level 2.9 ft below full pool — typical for late September

Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 02381400) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Carters Lake full?

Not quite — 2.9 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Carters 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.

Carters Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2007–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 1060 1065 1070 1075 1080 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2007–2026 · elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft 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 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2009 (wettest on record)
  • 2008 (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 1074.00 ft USACE project datum (ft msl) · per USACE Mobile District full-pool reference
Gauge USGS gauge 02381400 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System
Datum USACE project datum (ft msl) — CWMS Top of Conservation seasonal 1072-1074 ft; pool normally rides 1072-1074. Deepest lake in Georgia.
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 Carters Lake today?

Carters Lake is at 1071.10 ft (USACE project datum (ft msl)) as of September 24, 2026 — 2.9 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Carters Lake full?

Not quite — at 1071.10 ft on September 24, 2026, Carters Lake is 2.9 ft below its full pool of 1074.00 ft (USACE project datum (ft msl)).

How full is Carters 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 Carters Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Carters Lake is 1074.00 ft USACE project datum (ft msl), per USACE Mobile District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.