Georgia lake levels today: Georgia lakes

9 of 9 Georgia lakes are below full pool today. West Point Lake is the lowest for the date, Lake Seminole the highest.

Data as of November 4, 2026. Pictured: West Point Lake.

Georgia at a glance

Pictured: Lake Seminole, which is 1.2 ft below full today.

9 Georgia lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
9 Below full poolOut of 9 with a published full pool; 0 are at or above it.
5 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 9 with five or more years of history; 0 are higher than usual.
8 Lower than a year agoOut of 9 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every Georgia lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, West Point Lake is the emptiest Georgia lake today (2.7 ft below full) and Lake Seminole the fullest (1.2 ft below full).

Compared with a year ago, Lake Hartwell has dropped the most (7.9 ft lower) and Lake Seminole has gained the most (0.3 ft higher).

5 of 9 lakes are lower than usual for early November, measured against each lake's own past years on today's date.

Select a column heading to sort the table. Each lake links to its own page with a 12-month chart and the dock check.

Georgia lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

West Point Lake	622.32	−2.7 ft	0th pct	−9.05	−2.55
Lake Hartwell	647.67	−11.0 ft	0th pct	−8.24	−7.85
Lake Thurmond (Clarks Hill)	318.30	−10.5 ft	0th pct	−6.82	−7.18
Carters Lake	1,069.18	93.3%	9th pct	−3.47	−4.30
Lake Eufaula (Walter F. George)	186.03	−2.9 ft	9th pct	−2.17	−3.38
Lake Lanier	1,062.58	73.3%	30th pct	−4.41	−3.46
Richard B. Russell Lake	474.05	−1.0 ft	30th pct	−0.30	−0.16
Allatoona Lake	832.43	−2.6 ft	42nd pct	−0.74	−1.62
Lake Seminole	76.85	−1.2 ft	64th pct	+0.03	+0.34

More Georgia lakes

Lake Thurmond (Clarks Hill)10.5 ft below full

Lake Eufaula (Walter F. George)2.9 ft below full

Georgia lake questions

Which Georgia lake is the fullest right now?

Lake Seminole: 1.2 ft below full.

Which Georgia lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, West Point Lake (2.7 ft below full). Measured against its own normal for the date, West Point Lake (much lower than usual).

How is this ranking made?

Lakes that publish storage are ranked by percent of conservation storage. The rest are placed by their distance from full pool. Natural lakes without a full pool sit at the end, compared only with their normal for the date.