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Raystown Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 782 784 786
Elevation, feet (NGVD29 (USACE project datum))

as of September 24, 2026

786.61 ft NGVD29 (USACE project datum)

level 0.6 ft above full pool — unusually high for late September

Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 01563100) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Raystown Lake full?

Yes, and then some — 0.6 ft above full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Raystown 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.

Raystown 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 780 785 790 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2003–2026 · elevation, feet (NGVD29 (USACE project datum))

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 780 790 800 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2004 (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 786.00 ft NGVD29 (USACE project datum) · per USACE Baltimore District (NAB) full-pool reference
Gauge USGS gauge 01563100 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System
Datum NGVD29 (USACE project datum) — The summer recreation pool is 786 ft, the same figure as the conservation pool.
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Raystown Lake today?

Raystown Lake is at 786.61 ft (NGVD29 (USACE project datum)) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.6 ft above full pool — unusually high for late September.

Is Raystown Lake full?

Yes and then some — at 786.61 ft on September 24, 2026, Raystown Lake is 0.6 ft above its full pool of 786.00 ft (NGVD29 (USACE project datum)), using flood storage.

How full is Raystown 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 Raystown Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Raystown Lake is 786.00 ft NGVD29 (USACE project datum), per USACE Baltimore District (NAB) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.