Oklahoma · City of Tulsa (Spavinaw Dam)

Spavinaw Lake water level

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

676 678 680
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of August 20, 2026

679.92 ft NGVD29

level Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series SPAV.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev) and updates live when you load this page.


Spavinaw Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2016–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

680 681 682 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2016–2026 · 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.

680 681 682 683 684 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2019 (wettest on record)
  • 2017 (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 not published by the operator
Gauge USACE series SPAV.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Ccp-Rev · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NGVD29
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 Spavinaw Lake right now?

Spavinaw Lake is at 679.92 ft (NGVD29) as of August 20, 2026 — Reading is on the low side for mid-August.

Is Spavinaw Lake full?

City of Tulsa (Spavinaw Dam) doesn't publish a conservation-pool figure for Spavinaw Lake, so this page shows the reading against the lake's own seasonal history instead.

What is full pool for Spavinaw Lake?

City of Tulsa (Spavinaw Dam) doesn't publish a single conservation-pool elevation for Spavinaw Lake. The seasonal chart shows the range the lake actually runs instead.