Pennsylvania lake levels today: Pennsylvania lakes

5 of 17 Pennsylvania lakes are below full pool today. Woodcock Creek Lake is the lowest for the date, Youghiogheny River Lake the highest.

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

Pennsylvania at a glance

Pictured: Youghiogheny River Lake, which is 3.5 ft below full today.

17 Pennsylvania lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
5 Below full poolOut of 17 with a published full pool; 12 are at or above it.
6 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 16 with five or more years of history; 2 are higher than usual.
12 Lower than a year agoOut of 17 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every Pennsylvania lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, Woodcock Creek Lake is the emptiest Pennsylvania lake today (10.2 ft below full) and Mahoning Creek Lake the fullest (0.9 ft above full).

Compared with a year ago, Woodcock Creek Lake has dropped the most (9.9 ft lower) and Youghiogheny River Lake has gained the most (57.6 ft higher).

6 of 16 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.

Pennsylvania lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

Woodcock Creek Lake	1,164.69	−10.2 ft	0th pct	−10.47	−9.90
Raystown Lake	781.00	−5.0 ft	0th pct	−4.53	−3.32
Tionesta Lake	1,087.93	+3.4 ft	0th pct	−1.60	−2.81
Blue Marsh Lake	284.30	−5.0 ft	0th pct	−0.62	−0.40
Hammond Lake	1,085.75	Full	9th pct	−0.76	−0.06
Crooked Creek Lake	843.08	+5.7 ft	12th pct	−0.90	−0.44
Beltzville Lake	627.39	100.1%	27th pct	−0.72	+1.90
Tioga Lake	1,081.28	Full	27th pct	−0.65	−1.18
Cowanesque Lake	1,080.21	Full	36th pct	−0.25	−0.93
F. E. Walter Reservoir	1,301.24	+1.9 ft	36th pct	−0.21	−3.63
Foster Joseph Sayers Lake	630.16	101.0%	36th pct	−0.02	−0.16
Curwensville Lake	1,162.47	Full	55th pct	+0.06	−0.16
Shenango River Lake	894.60	107.9%	62nd pct	+1.03	+1.78
Allegheny Reservoir (Kinzua)	1,312.19	+1.6 ft	62nd pct	+2.29	+14.55
East Branch Clarion River Lake	1,646.64	−4.1 ft	92nd pct	+26.10	+26.10
Youghiogheny River Lake	1,434.89	93.4%	92nd pct	+40.43	+57.59
Mahoning Creek Lake	1,084.54	+0.9 ft	—	—	−8.02

More Pennsylvania lakes

Allegheny Reservoir (Kinzua)1.6 ft above full

Pennsylvania lake questions

Which Pennsylvania lake is the fullest right now?

Mahoning Creek Lake: 0.9 ft above full.

Which Pennsylvania lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, Woodcock Creek Lake (10.2 ft below full). Measured against its own normal for the date, Woodcock 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.