Lake Pend Oreille water level: Pend Oreille 9.2 ft low

Lake Pend Oreille is 9.2 ft below full pool, about normal for early November. The Albeni Falls Dam gauge read 2,053.34 ft at 7:00 AM MST, November 4, 2026.

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Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NWS district. Agency page.

How Pend Oreille stands today

In early November Pend Oreille normally sits near 2,052.90 ft, 9.6 ft under full pool, so most of today's gap is the usual seasonal drawdown.

2,053.34 Feet above sea level7:00 AM MST, November 4, 2026.
−9.16 Feet from full poolFull pool today is 2,062.50 ft.
+0.44 Feet from normal for Nov 4Median of 1998–2024 is 2,052.90 ft. Today ranks in the 56th percentile.
−6.61 Feet over 30 days−1.20 ft over the past 7 days.

The past year, day by day

The shaded band is where Pend Oreille usually sits on each date: the middle 80% of years from 1998 to 2024. 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	2,053.36	2,052.90
November 3, 2026	2,053.49	2,053.02
November 2, 2026	2,053.70	2,053.14
November 1, 2026	2,053.95	2,053.46
October 31, 2026	2,054.14	2,053.82
October 30, 2026	2,054.19	2,054.12
October 29, 2026	2,054.34	2,054.36
October 28, 2026	2,054.54	2,054.55
October 27, 2026	2,054.81	2,054.76
October 26, 2026	2,055.00	2,055.01
October 25, 2026	2,055.27	2,055.27
October 24, 2026	2,055.63	2,055.38
October 23, 2026	2,055.97	2,055.66
October 22, 2026	2,056.20	2,055.93
October 21, 2026	2,056.38	2,056.18

Date	Level (ft)	Normal (ft)
October 20, 2026	2,056.52	2,056.42
October 19, 2026	2,056.72	2,056.58
October 18, 2026	2,057.03	2,056.87
October 17, 2026	2,057.36	2,057.13
October 16, 2026	2,057.61	2,057.36
October 15, 2026	2,057.80	2,057.63
October 14, 2026	2,057.99	2,057.90
October 13, 2026	2,058.15	2,058.12
October 12, 2026	2,058.34	2,058.33
October 11, 2026	2,058.60	2,058.57
October 10, 2026	2,058.94	2,058.76
October 9, 2026	2,059.27	2,058.99
October 8, 2026	2,059.52	2,059.26
October 7, 2026	2,059.68	2,059.46
October 6, 2026	2,059.79	2,059.67

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. 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.

Typical Lake Pend Oreille level by month since 2016
Month	Low year (10th %)	Median	High year (90th %)	Days above your mark
January	2,051.39	2,051.87	2,054.21	—
February	2,051.41	2,051.66	2,053.77	—
March	2,051.44	2,051.66	2,053.85	—
April	2,052.16	2,053.78	2,055.66	—
May	2,055.57	2,057.52	2,059.81	—
June	2,060.20	2,061.83	2,062.31	—
July	2,062.07	2,062.24	2,062.33	—
August	2,062.10	2,062.25	2,062.34	—
September	2,061.26	2,062.17	2,062.31	—
October	2,054.05	2,057.26	2,060.16	—
November	2,051.20	2,051.40	2,052.72	—
December	2,051.19	2,051.32	2,051.86	—

Other Idaho lakes, lowest first

Idaho lakes ranked by how full they are
Lake	Level (ft)	Vs full pool	For the date
Ririe Reservoir	5,064.87	41.1 ft below	Much lower than usual
Dworshak Reservoir	1,514.51	85.5 ft below	Much lower than usual
American Falls Reservoir	4,319.46	35.0 ft below	Lower than usual
Lake Cascade	4,815.55	12.5 ft below	About normal
Palisades Reservoir	5,521.89	97.1 ft below	About normal
Lucky Peak Lake	2,946.10	16.6% full	About normal
Anderson Ranch Reservoir	4,150.07	43.9 ft below	About normal
Arrowrock Reservoir	3,140.62	75.1 ft below	About normal
Brownlee Reservoir	2,060.84	13.2 ft below	Higher than usual

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Pend Oreille questions

What is full pool at Lake Pend Oreille?

Full pool at Lake Pend Oreille is 2,062.50 ft above sea level today. The agency's own term for it is “top of normal.”

Is Lake Pend Oreille full right now?

No. It is 9.2 ft below full pool. In early November Pend Oreille normally sits near 2,052.90 ft, 9.6 ft under full pool, so most of today's gap is the usual seasonal drawdown.

Is Lake Pend Oreille lower than normal for early November?

No, it is close to normal. The median level on Nov 4 across 1998–2024 is 2,052.90 ft, and today's 2,053.34 ft is +0.44 ft from it. In 8 of 10 years the level on this date fell between 2,051.81 and 2,055.79 ft.

What are the highest and lowest levels since 1998?

In the daily record we hold, which starts in 1998, the highest daily level was 2,064.28 ft on June 17, 2011 and the lowest was 2,051.07 ft on November 17, 2003.

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 15:13:17 UTC. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the agency.