1989–present

The lake gauge's daily record begins in 1989 (Buford Dam closed in 1956) and has a gap from 1991 to mid-2007. The records below come from the Corps' longer record. Lake Lanier has ranged over 26.36 vertical feet, from a record low of 1,050.79 ft (Dec 26, 2007) to a record high of 1,077.15 ft (Apr 14, 1964). Today's 1,064.22 ft is higher than 20% of the 256 monthly averages since 1989.

Lake elevation history, monthly, Jan 1989 to Sep 2026, today 1,064.22 ft, full pool 1,071.00 ft, lowest 1,050.82 ft in Dec 2007, highest 1,076.67 ft in Feb 2020. Yearly summary of the monthly record.
Year	Mean (ft)	Low (ft)	High (ft)
1989	1,066.99	1,056.88	1,073.17
1990	1,067.81	1,059.86	1,075.25
2007	1,059.36	1,050.82	1,065.46
2008	1,054.44	1,050.97	1,057.78
2009	1,064.67	1,053.10	1,072.98
2010	1,070.11	1,067.84	1,072.54
2011	1,066.20	1,057.93	1,072.11
2012	1,062.57	1,056.33	1,065.93
2013	1,070.04	1,057.88	1,073.67
2014	1,069.88	1,067.06	1,072.13
2015	1,069.55	1,066.35	1,075.38
2016	1,067.30	1,060.22	1,075.50
2017	1,063.82	1,060.26	1,066.05
2018	1,070.57	1,065.91	1,074.71
2019	1,070.70	1,066.72	1,076.07
2020	1,071.77	1,068.72	1,076.67
2021	1,070.65	1,069.31	1,072.63
2022	1,069.64	1,066.11	1,072.66
2023	1,068.10	1,062.45	1,072.02
2024	1,069.76	1,064.42	1,072.24
2025	1,069.44	1,064.30	1,072.49
2026	1,065.85	1,064.19	1,066.78

Monthly mean (line) with monthly min–max band. Dashed teal line = full pool (1,071.00 ft).

Record high

1,077.15 ft

Apr 14, 1964

Record low

1,050.79 ft

Dec 26, 2007

Flood pool

1,085.00 ft

never reached (record checked through Sep 22, 2026)

Full pool

1,071.00 ft

conservation pool

Daily values shown as monthly min, mean and max. Lake level, storage, and streamflow from USGS (Buford Dam project data courtesy of USACE); reference elevations from USACE published records. Historical daily values are agency-reviewed; recent values are provisional.