1229.38 ft NGVD29
level 0.2 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons
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 Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) full?
Not quite — 0.2 ft below full pool as of October 1, 2026
How full is Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain)? 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.
This year vs the years that matter
This year's trace against the finished years this gauge has published. Its public daily record begins in 2023, so the driest and wettest years are not named yet: that takes 8 finished years, and the lake regulars will remember wetter and drier years than any line here.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2024
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 | 1229.57 ft NGVD29 · per USACE St. Paul District (Pine River Dam) full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 104,745 acre-feet · per USACE St. Paul District (Pine River Dam) capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NGVD29 — 1229.57 ft is the district's top of normal 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 Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) today?
Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) is at 1229.38 ft (NGVD29) as of October 1, 2026 — 0.2 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons.
Is Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) full?
Not quite — at 1229.38 ft on October 1, 2026, Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) is 0.2 ft below its full pool of 1229.57 ft (NGVD29).
How full is Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain)?
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 Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain)?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Cross Lake (Whitefish Chain) is 1229.57 ft NGVD29, per USACE St. Paul District (Pine River Dam) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.