Kentucky · USACE Louisville District

Green River Lake water level

Today's reading against full pool and Green River Lake's own seasonal history.

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FULL POOL 670 672 674 676
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of September 23, 2026

674.79 ft NGVD29

level 0.2 ft below full pool — typical 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 Green River Lake full?

Not quite — 0.2 ft below full pool as of September 23, 2026

How full is Green River 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.


Green River 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.

full pool 670 680 690 JFMAMJJASOND
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.

full pool 670 680 690 700 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year, wettest on record)
  • 2007 (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 675.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29 — Top of the conservation pool is 675.0 ft in summer; the winter guide is 668 ft.
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 Green River Lake today?

Green River Lake is at 674.79 ft (NGVD29) as of September 23, 2026 — 0.2 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Green River Lake full?

Not quite — at 674.79 ft on September 23, 2026, Green River Lake is 0.2 ft below its full pool of 675.00 ft (NGVD29).

How full is Green River 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 Green River Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Green River Lake is 675.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.