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Dale Hollow Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 640 645 650
Elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

641.13 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL)

level 9.9 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 Dale Hollow Lake full?

Not quite — 9.9 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Dale Hollow 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.

Dale Hollow 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 635 640 645 650 655 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 635 640 645 650 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2004 (wettest on record)
  • 2000 (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 651.00 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 (651.0, summer pool).
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Dale Hollow Lake today?

Dale Hollow Lake is at 641.13 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 9.9 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Dale Hollow Lake full?

Not quite — at 641.13 ft on September 24, 2026, Dale Hollow Lake is 9.9 ft below its full pool of 651.00 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Dale Hollow 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 Dale Hollow Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Dale Hollow Lake is 651.00 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.