2061.60 ft project datum
level 0.9 ft below full pool — unusually high 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 Lake Pend Oreille full?
Not quite — 0.9 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Lake Pend Oreille? 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.
Lake Pend Oreille through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1990–2026. 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)
- 2014 (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 | 2062.50 ft project datum · per USACE Seattle District (Albeni Falls Dam) full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | project datum — Summer pool = NWDP level 'ALF.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Normal' = 2062.5; winter drawdown to ~2051. Live series is Albeni Falls forebay (tracks lake level). USGS lake gauge at Hope (12392500) stopped reporting 2026-02-04. |
| 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 Lake Pend Oreille today?
Lake Pend Oreille is at 2061.60 ft (project datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.9 ft below full pool — unusually high for late September.
Is Lake Pend Oreille full?
Not quite — at 2061.60 ft on September 24, 2026, Lake Pend Oreille is 0.9 ft below its full pool of 2062.50 ft (project datum).
How full is Lake Pend Oreille?
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 Pend Oreille?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Pend Oreille is 2062.50 ft project datum, per USACE Seattle District (Albeni Falls Dam) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.