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Carr Creek Lake water level

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

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Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of September 30, 2026

1027.88 ft NGVD29

level 0.1 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 Carr Creek Lake full?

Not quite — 0.1 ft below full pool as of September 30, 2026

How full is Carr 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.

Carr Creek Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2002–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

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Median and normal range by day of year, 2002–2026 · 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.

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  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year, wettest on record)
  • 2008 (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 1028.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 23,350 acre-feet · per USACE Louisville District capacity reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29 — 1028 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 Carr Creek Lake today?

Carr Creek Lake is at 1027.88 ft (NGVD29) as of September 30, 2026 — 0.1 ft below full pool — unusually high for late September.

Is Carr Creek Lake full?

Not quite — at 1027.88 ft on September 30, 2026, Carr Creek Lake is 0.1 ft below its full pool of 1028.00 ft (NGVD29).

How full is Carr 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 Carr Creek Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Carr Creek Lake is 1028.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.