Shasta Lake water level
Sacramento River · California · operated by USBR (Shasta Dam)
By Michael, independent developer behind zovo.one. Readings pulled live from the same CDEC feed the operator reports to.
Shasta Lake is 53% full as of Oct 9, 2026, per CDEC data; 87.5 ft below full pool.
At 979.49 ft, Shasta Lake is higher than 52% of Octobers in 41 years of daily record. Full Shasta Lake almanac, $19 → what is in it
Is that normal for the date?
At 979.49 ft, Shasta Lake is higher than 52% of Octobers in 41 years of daily record.
The median for this date across 41 years is 975.98 ft, so this is +3.51 ft against the lake’s own history. Placed on a quantile ladder built from 14,161 daily readings published by CDEC for site SHA, 1985-01-01 to 2026-08-06. This reservoir typically peaks in April and bottoms out in January.
How the level compares lately
Over the roughly 30-day series the gage fell 7.6 ft; the last 24 hours moved it down 0.3 ft. For readers outside the U.S., the surface is about 298.5 m above sea level.
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.
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Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is recomputed in code from a public government feed, never typed by hand. The live elevation is a CDEC gage reading; feet below full pool, the operating-band gaps, the ~30-day change, and the meter conversion are all derived from that one validated reading and the published reference elevations. The reading is timestamped in the gauge above, and LakeLevelNow pulls the same feed the operator reports to.
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