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Council Grove Lake water level

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

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Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of October 1, 2026

1274.58 ft NGVD29

level 0.6 ft above full pool — unusually high for early October

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 Council Grove Lake full?

Yes, and then some — 0.6 ft above full pool as of October 1, 2026

How full is Council Grove 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.

Council Grove Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2015–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 1275 1280 1285 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2015–2026 · 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.

full pool 1270 1275 1280 1285 1290 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2019 (wettest on record)
  • 2023 (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 1274.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Tulsa District full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 42,543 acre-feet · per USACE Tulsa District capacity reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29 — 1274 ft is the district's top of conservation pool figure, in the same NGVD29 datum as the gauge.
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

What is the lake level for Council Grove Lake today?

Council Grove Lake is at 1274.58 ft (NGVD29) as of October 1, 2026 — 0.6 ft above full pool — unusually high for early October.

Is Council Grove Lake full?

Yes and then some — at 1274.58 ft on October 1, 2026, Council Grove Lake is 0.6 ft above its full pool of 1274.00 ft (NGVD29), using flood storage.

How full is Council Grove 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 Council Grove Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Council Grove Lake is 1274.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Tulsa District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.