Ohio · USACE Louisville District

Caesar Creek Lake water level

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

FULL POOL 844 846 848
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of August 20, 2026

849.28 ft NGVD29

level 0.3 ft above full pool — unusually high for mid-August

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series CaesarCreek.Elev.Inst.0.0.lrldlb-rev) and updates live when you load this page.


Caesar Creek Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2003–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 850 855 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2003–2026 · elevation, feet (NGVD29)

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 840 850 860 870 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2005 (wettest on record)
  • 2015 (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 849.00 ft NGVD29 · per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 102,000 acre-feet · per USACE Louisville District capacity reference
Gauge USACE series CaesarCreek.Elev.Inst.0.0.lrldlb-rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29 — 849 ft is the district's top of conservation pool figure, in the same NGVD29 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 Caesar Creek Lake right now?

Caesar Creek Lake is at 849.28 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — 0.3 ft above full pool — unusually high for mid-August

Is Caesar Creek Lake full?

Yes and then some — at 849.28 ft, Caesar Creek Lake is 0.3 ft above its full pool of 849.00 ft (NGVD29), using flood storage.

What is full pool for Caesar Creek Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Caesar Creek Lake is 849.00 ft NGVD29, per USACE Louisville District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.