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Sardis Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 252 254 256 258 260
Elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

252.54 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL)

level 7.5 ft below full pool — unusually low 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 Sardis Lake full?

Not quite — 7.5 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Sardis 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.

Sardis Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2015–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 240 250 260 270 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2015–2026 · elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

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 240 250 260 270 280 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2019 (wettest on record)
  • 2017 (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 260.00 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL) · per USACE Vicksburg District (MVK) full-pool reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum USACE project datum (ft MSL) — Full pool = 2026 guide-curve max (260.0, summer recreation pool; winter low 236). 1Day Manual history verified back to 1999.
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 Sardis Lake today?

Sardis Lake is at 252.54 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 7.5 ft below full pool — unusually low for late September.

Is Sardis Lake full?

Not quite — at 252.54 ft on September 24, 2026, Sardis Lake is 7.5 ft below its full pool of 260.00 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Sardis 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 Sardis Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Sardis Lake is 260.00 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL), per USACE Vicksburg District (MVK) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.