North Carolina · Cube Hydro Carolinas (Yadkin Project)

High Rock Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 650 652 654
Elevation, feet (Yadkin Project datum)

as of September 24, 2026

651.70 ft Yadkin Project datum

level 3.3 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons

Reading comes straight from NOAA National Water Prediction Service (NOAA gauge HGRN7) and updates live when you load this page.


Is High Rock Lake full?

Not quite — 3.3 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is High Rock 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.


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 655.00 ft Yadkin Project datum · per Cube Hydro Carolinas (Yadkin Project) full-pool reference
Gauge NOAA gauge HGRN7 · NOAA National Water Prediction Service
Datum Yadkin Project datum — Cube's Shoreline Management Plan: normal full pool = 655.0 ft Yadkin datum = 623.9 ft USGS datum. NWPS gauge reports Yadkin-datum feet (matches 653.49 reading). NWS action stage 654.
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for High Rock Lake today?

High Rock Lake is at 651.70 ft (Yadkin Project datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 3.3 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons.

Is High Rock Lake full?

Not quite — at 651.70 ft on September 24, 2026, High Rock Lake is 3.3 ft below its full pool of 655.00 ft (Yadkin Project datum).

How full is High Rock 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 High Rock Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for High Rock Lake is 655.00 ft Yadkin Project datum, per Cube Hydro Carolinas (Yadkin Project) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.