700.87 ft NAVD88
level 0.2 ft below full pool — typical for late September
Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 07053820) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Lake Taneycomo full?
Not quite — 0.2 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Lake Taneycomo? 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.
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.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2020 (wettest on record)
- 2006 (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 | 701.10 ft NAVD88 · per Liberty Utilities / Empire District (Ozark Beach-Powersite Dam, FERC No. 2221) full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| 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 — Taneycomo is a riverine lake — the level near Branson rises and falls with generation at Table Rock — and its 701.1 ft normal pool is quoted on the project datum, under half a foot off the gauge's frame. |
| 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 Lake Taneycomo today?
Lake Taneycomo is at 700.87 ft (NAVD88) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.2 ft below full pool — typical for late September.
Is Lake Taneycomo full?
Not quite — at 700.87 ft on September 24, 2026, Lake Taneycomo is 0.2 ft below its full pool of 701.10 ft (NAVD88).
How full is Lake Taneycomo?
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 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.