West Virginia · USACE Baltimore District

Jennings Randolph Lake water level

Today's reading against full pool and Jennings Randolph Lake's own seasonal history.

FULL POOL 1458 1460 1462 1464 1466
Elevation, feet (project datum)

as of August 20, 2026

1458.26 ft project datum

level 7.7 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 series Randolph.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Best-NAB-Smoothed-PY3) 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 1466.00 ft project datum · per USACE Baltimore District full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 90,313 acre-feet · per USACE Baltimore District capacity reference
Gauge USACE series Randolph.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Best-NAB-Smoothed-PY3 · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum project datum — The district publishes the gauge and the top of conservation pool figure in the project's own datum, so the two compare like for like.
Last verified August 20, 2026

LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.

Quick answers

How full is Jennings Randolph Lake right now?

Jennings Randolph Lake is at 1458.26 ft (project datum) as of August 20, 2026 — 7.7 ft below full pool — this gauge's public record is too short for seasonal comparisons

Is Jennings Randolph Lake full?

Not quite — at 1458.26 ft, Jennings Randolph Lake is 7.7 ft below its full pool of 1466.00 ft (project datum).

What is full pool for Jennings Randolph Lake?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Jennings Randolph Lake is 1466.00 ft project datum, per USACE Baltimore District full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.