700.79 ft NAVD88
level 0.3 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 07053820) and updates live when you load this page.
Lake Taneycomo through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2004–2026. 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.
- 2020 (wettest on record)
- 2006 (driest on record)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2026 (this year)
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 | 701.10 ft NAVD88 · per Liberty Utilities / Empire District (Ozark Beach-Powersite Dam, FERC No. 2221) full-pool reference |
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| Conservation capacity | 28,000 acre-feet · per Liberty Utilities / Empire District (Ozark Beach-Powersite Dam, FERC No. 2221) capacity reference |
| Gauge | USGS gauge 07053820 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System |
| Datum | NAVD88 — Gauge is 62615 (NAVD88), reading 700.78; FERC EA states normal pool 701.1 ft msl (project datum) — sub-0.5-ft datum offset between frames. Riverine lake: level near Branson swings with Table Rock generation. |
| 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
How full is Lake Taneycomo right now?
Lake Taneycomo is at 700.79 ft (NAVD88) as of August 15, 2026 — 0.3 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August
Is Lake Taneycomo full?
Not quite — at 700.79 ft, Lake Taneycomo is 0.3 ft below its full pool of 701.10 ft (NAVD88).
What is full pool for Lake Taneycomo?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Taneycomo is 701.10 ft NAVD88, per Liberty Utilities / Empire District (Ozark Beach-Powersite Dam, FERC No. 2221) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.