4694.22 ft NAVD88
level 82.3 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series Santa Rosa.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.DCP-rev) and updates live when you load this page.
Santa Rosa 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 | 4776.50 ft NAVD88 · per USACE Albuquerque District full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 253,470 acre-feet · per USACE Albuquerque District capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE series Santa Rosa.Elev.Inst.15Minutes.0.DCP-rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NAVD88 — 4776.5 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 Santa Rosa Lake right now?
Santa Rosa Lake is at 4694.22 ft (NAVD88) as of August 20, 2026 — 82.3 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Is Santa Rosa Lake full?
Not quite — at 4694.22 ft, Santa Rosa Lake is 82.3 ft below its full pool of 4776.50 ft (NAVD88).
What is full pool for Santa Rosa Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Santa Rosa Lake is 4776.50 ft NAVD88, per USACE Albuquerque District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.