1273.40 ft NGVD29
level 0.3 ft below full pool — unusually high for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series MissHW_Pokegama.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.rev-NGVD29) and updates live when you load this page.
Pokegama Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2014–2026. 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)
- 2021 (wettest on record)
- 2019 (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 | 1273.67 ft NGVD29 · per USACE St. Paul District (Pokegama Dam) full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 102,030 acre-feet · per USACE St. Paul District (Pokegama Dam) capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE series MissHW_Pokegama.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.rev-NGVD29 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NGVD29 — 1273.67 ft is the district's top of normal 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
How full is Pokegama Lake right now?
Pokegama Lake is at 1273.40 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — 0.3 ft below full pool — unusually high for mid-August
Is Pokegama Lake full?
Not quite — at 1273.40 ft, Pokegama Lake is 0.3 ft below its full pool of 1273.67 ft (NGVD29).
What is full pool for Pokegama Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Pokegama Lake is 1273.67 ft NGVD29, per USACE St. Paul District (Pokegama Dam) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.