97.11 ft Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond)
level 2.9 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons
Reading comes straight from NOAA National Water Prediction Service (NOAA gauge FOMS1) and updates live when you load this page.
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 | 100.00 ft Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond) · per Duke Energy full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | NOAA gauge FOMS1 · NOAA National Water Prediction Service |
| Datum | Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond) — NWPS gauge metadata documents gauge zero at 469.4 ft NGVD29, so 100 ft plant datum = 569.4 ft msl full pond (also stated in Duke's Catawba information sheet). NWS action stage 100. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
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Quick answers
How full is Lake Wylie right now?
Lake Wylie is at 97.11 ft (Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond)) as of August 15, 2026 — 2.9 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons
Is Lake Wylie full?
Not quite — at 97.11 ft, Lake Wylie is 2.9 ft below its full pool of 100.00 ft (Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond)).
What is full pool for Lake Wylie?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Wylie is 100.00 ft Duke plant datum (100 ft full pond), per Duke Energy full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.