Ohio lake levels today: Ohio lakes

5 of 20 Ohio lakes are below full pool today. Deer Creek Lake is the lowest for the date, Seneca Lake the highest.

Data as of November 4, 2026. Pictured: Leesville Lake.

Ohio at a glance

Pictured: Delaware Lake, which is 2.9 ft above full today.

21 Ohio lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
5 Below full poolOut of 20 with a published full pool; 15 are at or above it.
4 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 21 with five or more years of history; 7 are higher than usual.
9 Lower than a year agoOut of 21 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every Ohio lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, Deer Creek Lake is the emptiest Ohio lake today (1.4 ft above full) and Seneca Lake the fullest (1.3 ft above full).

Compared with a year ago, Paint Creek Lake has dropped the most (5.7 ft lower) and Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir has gained the most (1.9 ft higher).

4 of 21 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.

Ohio lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

Deer Creek Lake	803.51	+1.4 ft	0th pct	−2.27	−2.27
Leesville Lake	962.48	97.1%	0th pct	−0.52	−0.25
Atwood Lake	927.63	+6.2 ft	0th pct	−0.37	−0.37
Tappan Lake	898.98	97.9%	8th pct	−0.32	−0.32
East Fork Lake (William H. Harsha)	730.10	26.6%	29th pct	−0.23	−0.35
Mosquito Creek Lake	898.76	Full	31st pct	−0.22	+0.54
Berlin Lake	1,016.08	Full	31st pct	−0.21	−0.06
Caesar Creek Lake	846.89	29.4%	33rd pct	−0.08	−0.09
Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir	980.40	Full	38th pct	−0.32	+1.91
Clendening Lake	897.84	99.0%	38th pct	−0.16	−0.16
Charles Mill Lake	996.79	96.0%	38th pct	−0.01	+0.02
Paint Creek Lake	792.89	+0.8 ft	43rd pct	−0.14	−5.65
Piedmont Lake	912.77	98.5%	54th pct	+0.06	+0.10
C. J. Brown Reservoir	1,010.13	37.4%	71st pct	+0.04	+0.02
Alum Creek Lake	886.52	−1.5 ft	83rd pct	+0.41	+0.83
Wills Creek Lake	742.04	Full	100th pct	+0.04	+0.04
Dillon Lake	736.84	+3.1 ft	100th pct	+0.04	+0.03
Pleasant Hill Lake	1,020.22	101.5%	100th pct	+0.22	+0.22
Delaware Lake	915.04	+2.9 ft	100th pct	+0.35	+0.33
Burr Oak Lake	721.48	Natural lake	100th pct	+0.48	+0.48
Seneca Lake	832.74	104.5%	100th pct	+0.82	+0.54

More Ohio lakes

East Fork Lake (William H. Harsha)2.9 ft below full

Ohio lake questions

Which Ohio lake is the fullest right now?

Seneca Lake: 1.3 ft above full, holding 104.5% of its conservation storage.

Which Ohio lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, Deer Creek Lake (1.4 ft above full). Measured against its own normal for the date, Deer Creek 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.