Center Hill Lake water level: Center Hill 
17.6 ft low
Center Hill Lake is 17.6 ft below full pool, about normal for early November. The Center Hill Dam gauge read 630.38 ft at 6:00 AM CST, November 4, 2026.
How Center Hill stands today
In early November Center Hill normally sits near 629.88 ft, 18.1 ft under full pool, so most of today's gap is the usual seasonal drawdown.
- 630.38 Feet above sea level6:00 AM CST, November 4, 2026, NGVD29 datum.
- −17.62 Feet from full poolFull pool today is 648.00 ft.
- +0.50 Feet from normal for Nov 4Median of 1996–2025 is 629.88 ft. Today ranks in the 60th percentile.
- −0.23 Feet from a year ago630.61 ft on November 4, 2025.
- −1.82 Feet over 30 days−0.37 ft over the past 7 days.
The past year, day by day
The shaded band is where Center Hill usually sits on each date: the middle 80% of years from 1996 to 2025. The blue line is the past 12 months; the sand line is the 12 months before. Hover or use the arrow keys to read any day.
- Past 12 months
- The 12 months before
- Normal range (middle 80% of years)
- Median
- Full pool
Monthly average since 2006
Readings for the last 30 days
| Date | Level (ft) | Normal (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| November 4, 2026 | 630.38 | 629.88 |
| November 3, 2026 | 630.41 | 630.02 |
| November 2, 2026 | 630.50 | 630.16 |
| November 1, 2026 | 630.55 | 630.29 |
| October 31, 2026 | 630.59 | 630.39 |
| October 30, 2026 | 630.64 | 630.43 |
| October 29, 2026 | 630.69 | 630.48 |
| October 28, 2026 | 630.75 | 630.52 |
| October 27, 2026 | 630.80 | 630.58 |
| October 26, 2026 | 630.86 | 630.67 |
| October 25, 2026 | 630.92 | 630.79 |
| October 24, 2026 | 630.98 | 630.92 |
| October 23, 2026 | 631.04 | 630.98 |
| October 22, 2026 | 631.11 | 631.04 |
| October 21, 2026 | 631.17 | 631.10 |
| Date | Level (ft) | Normal (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| October 20, 2026 | 631.23 | 631.17 |
| October 19, 2026 | 631.33 | 631.24 |
| October 18, 2026 | 631.39 | 631.30 |
| October 17, 2026 | 631.46 | 631.38 |
| October 16, 2026 | 631.57 | 631.47 |
| October 15, 2026 | 631.66 | 631.56 |
| October 14, 2026 | 631.76 | 631.70 |
| October 13, 2026 | 631.87 | 631.86 |
| October 12, 2026 | 631.92 | 631.90 |
| October 11, 2026 | 631.93 | 631.94 |
| October 10, 2026 | 631.93 | 631.93 |
| October 9, 2026 | 631.99 | 631.87 |
| October 8, 2026 | 632.03 | 631.72 |
| October 7, 2026 | 632.11 | 631.70 |
| October 6, 2026 | 632.16 | 631.70 |
Is the water above your dock?
Enter the elevation of your dock, ramp end or a mark on your shoreline, in feet above sea level (NGVD29, the datum the Army Corps of Engineers uses for this gauge). You will see how far the water is above or below it today, and how often it dipped below it in each month since 2016.
| Month | Low year (10th %) | Median | High year (90th %) | Days above your mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 627.42 | 630.93 | 640.75 | — |
| February | 631.28 | 634.88 | 650.44 | — |
| March | 630.88 | 640.31 | 650.93 | — |
| April | 630.10 | 641.69 | 648.27 | — |
| May | 630.06 | 645.44 | 648.37 | — |
| June | 631.09 | 643.28 | 646.68 | — |
| July | 631.68 | 640.66 | 643.85 | — |
| August | 630.59 | 637.55 | 640.95 | — |
| September | 629.25 | 634.28 | 637.60 | — |
| October | 628.00 | 631.90 | 634.14 | — |
| November | 626.92 | 629.36 | 633.22 | — |
| December | 625.99 | 628.90 | 634.09 | — |
Other Tennessee lakes, lowest first
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs full pool |
|---|---|---|
 Old Hickory Lake | 444.29 | 0.7 ft below |
| Cheatham Lake | 385.38 | At pool |
 Dale Hollow Lake | 638.25 | 12.8 ft below |
 Kentucky Lake | 354.68 | At pool |
 Lake Barkley | 354.75 | 4.3 ft below |
| Cordell Hull Lake | 502.30 | At pool |
 J. Percy Priest Lake | 489.29 | 2.0 ft above |
Center Hill questions
What is full pool at Center Hill Lake?
Full pool at Center Hill Lake is 648.00 ft above sea level today. The agency's own term for it is “top of power.”
Is Center Hill Lake full right now?
No. It is 17.6 ft below full pool. In early November Center Hill normally sits near 629.88 ft, 18.1 ft under full pool, so most of today's gap is the usual seasonal drawdown.
Is Center Hill Lake lower than normal for early November?
No, it is close to normal. The median level on Nov 4 across 1996–2025 is 629.88 ft, and today's 630.38 ft is +0.50 ft from it. In 8 of 10 years the level on this date fell between 626.64 and 632.50 ft.
How does Center Hill Lake compare with last year?
A year ago, on November 4, 2025, it stood at 630.61 ft. It is 0.23 ft lower now.
What are the highest and lowest levels since 1994?
In the daily record we hold, which starts in 1994, the highest daily level was 677.91 ft on February 26, 2019 and the lowest was 621.85 ft on December 1, 2008.
How often is this page updated?
We pull new readings from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers several times a day. This page was last rebuilt on Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:52:28 UTC. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the agency.