1536.80 ft NGVD29
level 22.2 ft below full pool — on the low side for mid-August
Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series ALTU.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev) and updates live when you load this page.
Lake Altus-Lugert through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2014–2026. 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)
- 2016 (wettest on record)
- 2022 (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 | 1559.00 ft NGVD29 · per Bureau of Reclamation / Lugert-Altus Irrigation District full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 128,410 acre-feet · per Bureau of Reclamation / Lugert-Altus Irrigation District capacity reference |
| Gauge | USACE series ALTU.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | NGVD29 — 1559 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 Lake Altus-Lugert right now?
Lake Altus-Lugert is at 1536.80 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — 22.2 ft below full pool — on the low side for mid-August
Is Lake Altus-Lugert full?
Not quite — at 1536.80 ft, Lake Altus-Lugert is 22.2 ft below its full pool of 1559.00 ft (NGVD29).
What is full pool for Lake Altus-Lugert?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Altus-Lugert is 1559.00 ft NGVD29, per Bureau of Reclamation / Lugert-Altus Irrigation District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.