Lake Lanier water level

What this means

Lake Lanier is far below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 1,063.40 ft.

The median for mid-October is 1,066.95 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 3.55 ft below typical. It is 21.60 ft below the flood stage of 1,085.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 1,066.19 ft, a difference of −2.79 ft.

It has dropped 0.06 ft over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 1,063.40 ft and 1,064.65 ft.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

Reservoir on the Chattahoochee River formed by Buford Dam, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the main water supply of metro Atlanta. Full pool (top of conservation pool) is 1,071 ft.

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

1,066.95 ft3.55 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

1,064.32 ft – 1,071.73 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

1,066.19 ft−2.79 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

1,063.40 ft – 1,064.65 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

1,063.47 ft – 1,066.78 ft

Highest on record

1,077.15 ftApril 14, 1964

Lowest on record

1,050.75 ftDecember 28, 2007

Full pool

1,071.00 ft7.60 ft below full pool