Lake Allatoona water level
Etowah River · Georgia · operated by USACE (Allatoona Dam)
By Michael, independent developer behind zovo.one. Readings pulled live from the same USGS feed the operator reports to.
Lake Allatoona is at 832.4 ft as of Nov 5, 2026, per USGS data: 2.6 ft below the 835.0 ft seasonal target and 7.6 ft below the 840 ft full pool.
Is that normal for the date?
At 832.37 ft, Lake Allatoona is lower than 59% of Novembers in 22 years of daily record.
The median for this date across 22 years is 832.94 ft, so this is -0.57 ft against the lake’s own history. Placed on a quantile ladder built from 7,672 daily readings published by USGS for site 02393500, 1989-01-01 to 2026-08-06. This reservoir typically peaks in May and bottoms out in December.
Lake Allatoona today: level, trend, source and access
Level against full pool
On Nov 5, 2026 the surface sat at 832.4 ft, 7.6 ft below the full-pool mark of 840 ft.
Level against the seasonal target
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District runs Lake Allatoona on a seasonal top of conservation pool (guide curve), so the level it aims for changes through the year. For Nov 5, 2026 the top of conservation pool is 835.0 ft, 5.0 ft under the 840 ft summer level, and the target is holding at an in-between seasonal level. The surface, at 832.4 ft, is 2.6 ft below that target and 7.6 ft below the full-pool mark of 840 ft. So the lake sits lower than its seasonal curve for this date: the planned seasonal drawdown accounts for 5.0 ft of the 7.6 ft gap to full pool.
Allatoona has one of the largest seasonal swings of any lake on this site: the Corps fills it to 840 ft by early May, starts lowering it in September, holds 835 ft from October to mid-November, and draws it down to 823 ft by the end of December for flood storage.
Between two dates the target moves in a straight line, as the published curve does. Source: USACE CWMS Data API, office SAM, location level "Allatoona.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Conservation" (2026 breakpoints), read on Oct 26, 2026. The operator can deviate from its curve for floods, droughts or dam work.
Trend
Between Oct 7 and Nov 5 (29 days) the level fell 3.3 ft, about 0.8 ft a week. The high in that window was 835.7 ft on Oct 11 and the low was 832.3 ft on Nov 4. In the last 7 days it fell 1.0 ft. The last 24 hours changed it by less than 0.1 ft.
Data source
The elevation comes from USGS monitoring location 02393500 (lake surface elevation above NGVD 1929, parameter 62614), last reported Nov 5, 2026. Feet from full pool, the trend and the figures above are computed from that reading and the published full-pool elevation; none is typed by hand. USACE (Allatoona Dam) runs the dam on the Etowah River.
Recreation status
Status: below seasonal target. At 7.6 ft below full pool, the shallowest ramps can be out of the water. Check the one you plan to use with USACE (Allatoona Dam). Against the seasonal target the lake is 2.6 ft below the level USACE Mobile District plans for this date. If the 30-day pace of 0.8 ft a week down held, the surface would be near 829.2 ft in four weeks. Releases and rain change that quickly.
Check an elevation against full pool
For readers outside the U.S., the surface of Lake Allatoona is about 253.7 m above sea level, and full pool is about 256.0 m.
Check any elevation yourself. Type a level in feet above sea level (a ramp cutoff, a marina mark) to see how far it sits below full pool and in meters.