Allatoona Lake near Cartersville water level

What this means

Nothing unusual at Allatoona Lake near Cartersville right now: the lake level of 834.85 ft is in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 834.99 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 0.14 ft below typical. It is 25.15 ft below the flood stage of 860.00 ft. On the same day last year the reading was 833.42 ft, a difference of +1.43 ft.

The level is falling, down 0.15 ft over the past 24 hours.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

834.99 ft0.14 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

833.08 ft – 836.44 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

833.42 ft+1.43 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

834.85 ft – 837.50 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

824.44 ft – 841.59 ft

Highest on record

861.19 ftApril 10, 1964