Pine Flat Lake water level
Kings River · California · operated by USACE (Pine Flat Dam)
By Michael, independent developer behind zovo.one. Readings pulled live from the same CDEC feed the operator reports to.
Pine Flat Lake is 17% full as of Oct 9, 2026, per CDEC data; 223.8 ft below full pool.
At 746.22 ft, Pine Flat Lake is lower than 66% of Octobers in 41 years of daily record. Full Pine Flat Lake almanac, $19 → See Pine Flat sample
Is that normal for the date?
At 746.22 ft, Pine Flat Lake is lower than 66% of Octobers in 41 years of daily record.
A real Pine Flat sample: September history
The middle half of recorded September elevations was 726.21–827.80 ft. The median was 762.04 ft. This is historical context, not today’s reading.
See the threshold example and source
For an illustrative 800 ft threshold, 680 of 1,101 recorded September days (61.8%) were below it. This is not a published ramp elevation or a forecast.
The purchased file lets you enter your own verified ramp or dock elevation and explore the full record. Match its vertical datum to the lake readings before comparing. Historical water levels cannot confirm ramp access or a safe launch; check with the operator.
Source: CDEC station PNF, elevation sensor 6, 1985-01-01 to 2026-08-06. September observations only; missing days excluded and each observed day counted equally. The 25th–75th percentiles describe the middle half, not a guaranteed operating range.
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The median for this date across 41 years is 762.07 ft, so this is -15.85 ft against the lake’s own history. Placed on a quantile ladder built from 13,451 daily readings published by CDEC for site PNF, 1985-01-01 to 2026-08-06. This reservoir typically peaks in June and bottoms out in September.
How the level compares lately
Over the roughly 30-day series the gage rose 3.9 ft; the last 24 hours moved it up 0.5 ft. For readers outside the U.S., the surface is about 227.4 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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