434.29 ft Georgia Power plant datum
level 0.7 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons
Reading comes straight from NOAA National Water Prediction Service (NOAA gauge WDMG1) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Lake Oconee full?
Not quite — 0.7 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Lake Oconee? 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.
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 | 435.00 ft Georgia Power plant datum · per Georgia Power full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | NOAA gauge WDMG1 · NOAA National Water Prediction Service |
| Datum | Georgia Power plant datum — NOAA NWPS gauge (NWS LID WDMG1, 'Oconee River at Lake Oconee'), primary = Pool in ft plant datum. GA Power Wallace Dam ops brief: full pond 435.0 PD, daily pumped-storage cycle 433.5-435. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
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Quick answers
What is the lake level for Lake Oconee today?
Lake Oconee is at 434.29 ft (Georgia Power plant datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.7 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons.
Is Lake Oconee full?
Not quite — at 434.29 ft on September 24, 2026, Lake Oconee is 0.7 ft below its full pool of 435.00 ft (Georgia Power plant datum).
How full is Lake Oconee?
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 Oconee?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Oconee is 435.00 ft Georgia Power plant datum, per Georgia Power full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.