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Center Hill Lake water level

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

Searched “Center Hill lake level” or “lake level for Center Hill Lake”? Same lake, same reading — you're in the right place. The current reading is right here too, whether you typed “current Center Hill Lake water level” or “current water level at Center Hill Lake”.

FULL POOL 630 635 640 645
Elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

632.87 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL)

level 15.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September

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 Center Hill Lake full?

Not quite — 15.1 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Center Hill 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.

Center Hill Lake through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1990–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 630 640 650 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1990–2026 · elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

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 620 640 660 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2003 (wettest on record)
  • 2010 (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 648.00 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL) · per USACE Nashville District (LRN) full-pool reference
Gauge USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum USACE project datum (ft MSL) — Full pool = 2026 guide-curve max (648.0, summer pool).
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Center Hill Lake today?

Center Hill Lake is at 632.87 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 15.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Center Hill Lake full?

Not quite — at 632.87 ft on September 24, 2026, Center Hill Lake is 15.1 ft below its full pool of 648.00 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Center Hill 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 Center Hill Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Center Hill Lake is 648.00 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL), per USACE Nashville District (LRN) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.