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Lake Ouachita water level today

Reservoir in Garland, Arkansas · Ouachita River

568.97ft
173.42 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▼ 9.03 ft
24 hours
▼ 0.05 ft
7 days
▼ 0.36 ft
30 days
▼ 1.96 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
568.58 ft

What this means

Lake Ouachita is 9.03 ft below its full pool of 578.00 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 4 of the last 10 years.

The lake has fallen 0.36 ft in 7 days and fallen 1.96 ft in 30 days.

Since 2015, the lowest daily level was 567.25 ft (Dec 2017) and the highest 585.82 ft (Dec 2015).

Lake Ouachita level chart

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years) Full pool

Same date in past years

DateLevelvs today
Oct 21, 2025569.51 ft▲ 0.54 ft
Oct 21, 2024568.75 ft▼ 0.22 ft
Oct 21, 2023567.91 ft▼ 1.06 ft
Oct 21, 2022567.77 ft▼ 1.20 ft
Oct 21, 2021567.83 ft▼ 1.14 ft
Oct 21, 2020577.51 ft▲ 8.54 ft
Oct 21, 2019568.49 ft▼ 0.48 ft
Oct 21, 2018573.02 ft▲ 4.05 ft
Oct 21, 2017568.18 ft▼ 0.79 ft
Oct 21, 2016571.03 ft▲ 2.06 ft

Records & details

Highest
585.82 ft on Dec 30, 2015
Lowest
567.25 ft on Dec 16, 2017
Records from
2015 (11 years of daily data)
Full pool
578.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon80°F · Sunny
Wind 0 mph
Tonight47°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 0 mph
Thursday82°F · Sunny
Wind 0 mph
Thursday Night50°F · Clear
Wind 0 mph
Friday81°F · Sunny
Wind E 0 to 5 mph
Friday Night49°F · Mostly Clear
Wind E 0 to 5 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 2 h ago.

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