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Lake Seminole water level: Seminole Lake Seminole 1.1 ft low

Lake Seminole is 1.1 ft below full pool, about normal for early November. The Jim Woodruff gauge read 76.86 ft at 9:00 AM EST, November 4, 2026.

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

How Seminole stands today

75.5 76 76.5 77 77.5 78 78.5 79 79.5 Full pool 78.00 ft Today 76.86 ft Normal today 76.82 ft A year ago 76.51 ft Feet above sea level (NGVD29)
USACE Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam
USACE Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam. Photograph by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain.

The past year, day by day

The shaded band is where Seminole usually sits on each date: the middle 80% of years from 2015 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
76 76.5 77 77.5 78 78.5 DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov Full pool 78.00 Today Year ago
76 76.5 77 77.5 78 78.5 DecFebAprJunAugOct Full pool 78.00 Today Year ago

Monthly average since 2014

77782014201620182020202220242026
777820142017202020232026
Readings for the last 30 days
DateLevel (ft)Normal (ft)
November 4, 202676.8676.82
November 3, 202676.8376.78
November 2, 202676.8076.74
November 1, 202676.7776.75
October 31, 202676.8776.74
October 30, 202676.6976.73
October 29, 202676.6776.70
October 28, 202676.6676.72
October 27, 202676.6876.72
October 26, 202676.6776.72
October 25, 202676.7476.69
October 24, 202676.6476.68
October 23, 202676.4176.69
October 22, 202676.3176.72
October 21, 202676.2976.77
DateLevel (ft)Normal (ft)
October 20, 202676.3476.82
October 19, 202676.5976.84
October 18, 202676.8576.79
October 17, 202677.0776.79
October 16, 202677.3176.81
October 15, 202677.1876.84
October 14, 202676.8476.83
October 13, 202676.3476.67
October 12, 202676.8876.67
October 11, 202677.2276.66
October 10, 202676.9376.65
October 9, 202676.8576.65
October 8, 202676.9576.62
October 7, 202677.2176.63
October 6, 202677.2576.65

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.

Today the lake is at 76.86 ft.

Typical Lake Seminole level by month since 2016
MonthLow year (10th %)MedianHigh year (90th %)Days above your mark
January 76.72 77.11 77.54 —
February 76.82 77.18 77.51 —
March 76.75 77.10 77.50 —
April 76.57 76.96 77.46 —
May 76.54 76.78 77.21 —
June 76.59 76.87 77.24 —
July 76.59 76.86 77.23 —
August 76.57 76.89 77.37 —
September 76.55 76.77 77.29 —
October 76.49 76.72 77.16 —
November 76.53 76.81 77.14 —
December 76.58 76.94 77.42 —

Other Georgia lakes, lowest first

Lake Seminole
Lake Seminole
Georgia lakes ranked by how full they are
Lake Level (ft) Vs full pool For the date
West Point Lake 622.33 2.7 ft below Much lower than usual
Lake Hartwell 647.67 11.0 ft below Much lower than usual
Lake Thurmond (Clarks Hill) 318.30 10.5 ft below Much lower than usual
Carters Lake 1,068.93 92.7% full Much lower than usual
Lake Eufaula (Walter F. George) 186.01 2.9 ft below Much lower than usual
Lake Lanier 1,062.59 73.3% full About normal
Richard B. Russell Lake 474.05 1.0 ft below About normal
Allatoona Lake 832.42 2.6 ft below About normal

All 9 Georgia lakes →

Seminole questions

What is full pool at Lake Seminole?

Full pool at Lake Seminole is 78.00 ft above sea level today. The agency's own term for it is “top of normal.”

Is Lake Seminole full right now?

No. It is 1.1 ft below full pool.

Is Lake Seminole lower than normal for early November?

No, it is close to normal. The median level on Nov 4 across 2015–2025 is 76.82 ft, and today's 76.86 ft is +0.04 ft from it. In 8 of 10 years the level on this date fell between 76.54 and 77.10 ft.

How does Lake Seminole compare with last year?

A year ago, on November 4, 2025, it stood at 76.51 ft. It is 0.35 ft higher now.

What are the highest and lowest levels since 2014?

In the daily record we hold, which starts in 2014, the highest daily level was 77.86 ft on January 21, 2020 and the lowest was 75.83 ft on September 23, 2015.

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.