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Beltzville Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 624 626 628
Elevation, feet (NAVD88)

as of October 1, 2026

628.07 ft NAVD88

level 0.7 ft above full pool — typical for early October

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE lake gauge) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Beltzville Lake full?

Yes, and then some — 0.7 ft above full pool as of October 1, 2026

How full is Beltzville 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.

Beltzville Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2011–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 620 625 630 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2011–2026 · elevation, feet (NAVD88)

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 610 615 620 625 630 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2018 (wettest on record)
  • 2016 (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 627.34 ft NAVD88 · per USACE Philadelphia District full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 42,948 acre-feet · per USACE Philadelphia District capacity reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum NAVD88 — 627.34 ft is the district's top of conservation pool figure, in the same NAVD88 datum as the gauge.
Last verified August 20, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Beltzville Lake today?

Beltzville Lake is at 628.07 ft (NAVD88) as of October 1, 2026 — 0.7 ft above full pool — typical for early October.

Is Beltzville Lake full?

Yes and then some — at 628.07 ft on October 1, 2026, Beltzville Lake is 0.7 ft above its full pool of 627.34 ft (NAVD88), using flood storage.

How full is Beltzville 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 Beltzville Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Beltzville Lake is 627.34 ft NAVD88, per USACE Philadelphia District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.