413.05 ft TVA datum (ft MSL)
level 0.9 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons
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 Pickwick Lake full?
Not quite — 0.9 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026
How full is Pickwick 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.
This year vs the years that matter
This year's trace against the finished years this gauge has published. Its public daily record begins in 2019, so the driest and wettest years are not named yet: that takes 8 finished years, and the lake regulars will remember wetter and drier years than any line here.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2024
- 2022
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 | 414.00 ft TVA datum (ft MSL) · per TVA full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Gauge | USACE lake gauge · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data |
| Datum | TVA datum (ft MSL) — Full pool is the 414 ft top of TVA's summer operating zone. |
| Last verified | August 15, 2026 |
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Quick answers
What is the lake level for Pickwick Lake today?
Pickwick Lake is at 413.05 ft (TVA datum (ft MSL)) as of September 24, 2026 — 0.9 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons.
Is Pickwick Lake full?
Not quite — at 413.05 ft on September 24, 2026, Pickwick Lake is 0.9 ft below its full pool of 414.00 ft (TVA datum (ft MSL)).
How full is Pickwick 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 Pickwick Lake?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Pickwick Lake is 414.00 ft TVA datum (ft MSL), per TVA full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.