Lake Cherokee: 79.0% full as of 2023-10-04

The elevation-storage rating curve used to produce the storage hydrograph is made of two segments: (1) the segment up to the conservation pool top (below the red line) is based on measured data, and (2) the segment in the flood pool (above the red line) is an extrapolation from the first segment and shouldn't be relied upon for flood storage information.

Historical Data

Date Percent Full Mean Water Level
(ft)
Reservoir Storage
(acre-ft)
Conservation Storage
(acre-ft)
Conservation Capacity
(acre-ft)
Surface Area
(acres)
Today 2023-10-04 79.0 277.38 36,071 31,689 40,094 3,060
Yesterday 2023-10-03 79.0 277.38 36,071 31,689 40,094 3,060
2 days ago 2023-10-02 79.0 277.38 36,071 31,689 40,094 3,060
1 week ago 2023-09-27 79.5 277.44 36,255 31,873 40,094 3,071
1 month ago 2023-09-04 82.9 277.88 37,624 33,242 40,094 3,154
3 months ago 2023-07-04 100.0 279.93 44,607 40,094 40,094 3,765
6 months ago 2023-04-04 100.0 280.31 46,071 40,094 40,094 - n.a. -
1 year ago 2022-10-04 84.7 278.10 38,322 33,940 40,094 3,199
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Percent Full is based on Conservation Storage and Conservation Capacity and doesn't account for storage in flood pool.

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   Values above, including today's are averaged conditions. For near real-time instantaneous water level, see table below or the interactive map viewer.

Most Recent Instantaneous Water Level

Date/time Water Level
(ft)
Conservation Pool Elevation
(ft)
Height Above Conservation Pool
(ft)
Most recent 2023-10-04 17:45 277.32 279.90 -2.58
1 hour prior 2023-10-04 16:45 277.32 279.90 -2.58
2 hours prior 2023-10-04 15:45 277.32 279.90 -2.58
6 hours prior 2023-10-04 11:45 277.38 279.90 -2.52
12 hours prior 2023-10-04 05:45 277.38 279.90 -2.52
24 hours prior 2023-10-03 17:45 277.38 279.90 -2.52
48 hours prior 2023-10-02 17:45 277.38 279.90 -2.52
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Data is provisional and subject to revision.

Additional Information

Impoundment date 1948-01-01
Gauge USGS:08021400
Vertical datum NAVD88
Dead pool elevation 260.00 ft above NGVD29
Emergency spillway crest elevation 287.70 ft above NGVD29
Maximum design elevation 291.00 ft above NGVD29
Top of dam elevation 295.00 ft above NGVD29
Conservation pool elevation 280.00 ft above NGVD29
Data download (CSV) period of record, last one year, last 30 days

Elevation-Area-Capacity Curves

2003-11-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data
2015-04-01 (source: TWDB) : GIS Data

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