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Percy Priest Lake water level

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

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FULL POOL 486 488 490
Elevation, feet (USACE project datum (ft MSL))

as of September 24, 2026

489.58 ft USACE project datum (ft MSL)

level 0.4 ft below full pool — on the low side 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 Percy Priest Lake full?

Not quite — 0.4 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Percy Priest 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.

Percy Priest 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 485 490 495 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 485 490 495 500 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2019 (wettest on record)
  • 2012 (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 490.00 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 (490.0, summer pool).
Last verified August 15, 2026

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Quick answers

What is the lake level for Percy Priest Lake today?

Percy Priest Lake is at 489.58 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.4 ft below full pool — on the low side for late September.

Is Percy Priest Lake full?

Not quite — at 489.58 ft on September 24, 2026, Percy Priest Lake is 0.4 ft below its full pool of 490.00 ft (USACE project datum (ft MSL)).

How full is Percy Priest 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 Percy Priest Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Percy Priest Lake is 490.00 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.