444.87 ft local (Barge Canal) datum
level 1.1 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 GNVN6) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Seneca Lake full?
Not quite — 1.1 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Seneca 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 | 446.00 ft local (Barge Canal) datum · per NYS Canal Corporation (level), gauge via NWS/NWPS full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | NOAA gauge GNVN6 · NOAA National Water Prediction Service |
| Datum | local (Barge Canal) datum — NWS gauge GNVN6 (Seneca Lake at Geneva) stage is lake surface elevation in the local datum. Rule-curve summer target 446.0 +/-0.3 ft (winter 445.0). NWS flood stage 448. USGS lake gauges discontinued. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
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Quick answers
What is the lake level for Seneca Lake today?
Seneca Lake is at 444.87 ft (local (Barge Canal) datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 1.1 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons.
Is Seneca Lake full?
Not quite — at 444.87 ft on September 24, 2026, Seneca Lake is 1.1 ft below its full pool of 446.00 ft (local (Barge Canal) datum).
How full is Seneca 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 Seneca Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Seneca Lake is 446.00 ft local (Barge Canal) datum, per NYS Canal Corporation (level), gauge via NWS/NWPS full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.