782.11 ft NGVD29
level 0.1 ft above full pool — on the high side 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 Buckhorn Lake full?
Yes, and then some — 0.1 ft above full pool as of September 30, 2026
How full is Buckhorn 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.
Buckhorn Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2003–2026. 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)
- 2019 (wettest on record)
- 2006 (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 | 782.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 32,055 acre-feet · per USACE Louisville District capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NGVD29 — 782 ft is the district's top of conservation pool figure, in the same NGVD29 datum as the gauge. |
| Last verified | August 20, 2026 |
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Quick answers
What is the lake level for Buckhorn Lake today?
Buckhorn Lake is at 782.11 ft (NGVD29) as of September 30, 2026 — 0.1 ft above full pool — on the high side for late September.
Is Buckhorn Lake full?
Yes and then some — at 782.11 ft on September 30, 2026, Buckhorn Lake is 0.1 ft above its full pool of 782.00 ft (NGVD29), using flood storage.
How full is Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Buckhorn Lake is 782.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.