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Tuttle Creek Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 1070 1075 1080
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of September 24, 2026

1079.08 ft NGVD29

level 4.1 ft above full pool — on the high side for late September

Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 06886900) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Tuttle Creek Lake full?

Yes, and then some — 4.1 ft above full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Tuttle Creek 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.

Tuttle Creek Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1980–2012. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 1070 1080 1090 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1980–2012 · 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 1080 1100 1120 1140 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 1993 (most recent on record, wettest on record)
  • 1989 (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 1075.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Kansas City District (NWK) full-pool reference
Gauge USGS gauge 06886900 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System
Datum NGVD29 — USGS page states top of conservation pool 1,075 ft; cross-checked vs A2W TUCR.
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Tuttle Creek Lake today?

Tuttle Creek Lake is at 1079.08 ft (NGVD29) as of September 24, 2026 — 4.1 ft above full pool — on the high side for late September.

Is Tuttle Creek Lake full?

Yes and then some — at 1079.08 ft on September 24, 2026, Tuttle Creek Lake is 4.1 ft above its full pool of 1075.00 ft (NGVD29), using flood storage.

How full is Tuttle Creek 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 Tuttle Creek Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Tuttle Creek Lake is 1075.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Kansas City District (NWK) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.