Level of the Lake
updated 12:15 PM EDT

What 836.96 ft means on Allatoona Lake

We haven’t compiled ramp minimums for Allatoona Lake yet.

If you run a ramp or marina here and know a ramp’s lowest usable level, please send it to contact@handhewn.works. The level ranges and NWS stages below still apply.

What each level means

Approximate. Based on published thresholds (ramp minimums, full pool, spillway, records), but every cove is different.

  1. Lake flooding (NWS)above 860.00 ft

    At 860 ft, the top of the Corps' flood storage, NWS calls it flooding on the lake. The record is 861.20 ft (Apr 10, 1964); in 1964 water reached the top of Allatoona Dam's gates.

  2. In flood storage841.00–860.00 ft

    More than a foot over summer pool, the Corps is storing floodwater; shoreline parks and courtesy docks flood first.

  3. At summer pool837.00–841.00 ft

    Summer (full) pool is 840 ft, and the Corps routinely holds it a little over that. Docks, ramps, and marinas in good shape.

  4. Drawdown range823.00–837.00 ftnow · 836.96 ft

    Every winter the Corps draws Allatoona down well below summer pool; shallow coves and some ramps drop out. Normal in winter, notable in summer.

  5. Deep drawdown815.00–823.00 ft

    Below the usual winter range. Widespread ramp and cove impacts.

  6. Near the record lowbelow 815.00 ft

    The record low is 809.30 ft (Dec 1954), the lowest level in the lake's record.

NWS flood stages for the lake

NWS judges flooding on Allatoona Lake by the lake’s own level at gauge CVLG1. Its action stage (840.00 ft) is within a foot of full pool (840.00 ft), where the lake is just full, so the ladder shows full pool instead.

Minor flood860.00 ftFull pool840.00 ft828.00 ftnow · 836.96 ft

now = lake gauge · 12:15 PM EDT