3246.21 ft NAVD88
level 10.2 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series Brantley.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.DCP-rev) and updates live when you load this page.
Brantley Lake through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1999–2026. 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)
- 2015 (wettest on record)
- 2012 (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 | 3256.40 ft NAVD88 · per Bureau of Reclamation (Brantley Dam) full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 42,835 acre-feet · per Bureau of Reclamation (Brantley Dam) capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE series Brantley.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.DCP-rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NAVD88 — 3256.4 ft is the district's top of conservation pool figure, in the same NAVD88 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 Brantley Lake right now?
Brantley Lake is at 3246.21 ft (NAVD88) as of August 20, 2026 — 10.2 ft below full pool — typical for mid-August
Is Brantley Lake full?
Not quite — at 3246.21 ft, Brantley Lake is 10.2 ft below its full pool of 3256.40 ft (NAVD88).
What is full pool for Brantley Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Brantley Lake is 3256.40 ft NAVD88, per Bureau of Reclamation (Brantley Dam) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.