Lake Ouachita water level history

Daily records since 2015 · Level today: 568.97 ft

Highest on record

585.82 ft

Dec 30, 2015

Lowest on record

567.25 ft

Dec 16, 2017

Today

568.97 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 2015

In short

Across 10 complete years, 2017 had the lowest average level (572.05 ft) and 2020 the highest (577.49 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in October (570.04 ft) and highest in May (577.97 ft).

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

Years ranked by their lowest daily level.

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (294 days)	572.99	568.98	Oct 21	577.11	Jun 26
2025	575.56	569.36	Oct 24	584.91	Apr 7
2024	574.11	568.54	Oct 30	578.09	Mar 28
2023	573.77	567.81	Oct 26	580.64	Mar 26
2022	572.52	567.71	Oct 24	580.32	Apr 26
2021	573.58	567.70	Dec 14	581.08	Jan 8
2020	577.49	572.91	Aug 26	581.57	May 28
2019	575.10	568.19	Oct 10	582.37	May 4
2018	574.72	567.45	Jan 19	584.24	Mar 3
2017	572.05	567.25	Dec 16	581.28	May 4
2016	574.90	569.26	Dec 23	585.57	Jan 1
2015 (29 days)	578.90	577.49	Dec 3	585.82	Dec 30

Levels in feet. Partial years show the number of days with data.

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	574.23	567.45	585.57
February	574.69	567.89	581.14
March	576.51	571.77	584.24
April	577.37	572.85	584.91
May	577.97	574.44	582.37
June	577.19	574.98	581.36
July	575.29	572.86	579.46
August	572.88	570.51	576.11
September	571.37	568.24	581.31
October	570.04	567.71	577.99
November	571.12	567.47	578.04
December	572.67	567.25	585.82

Daily levels as CSV (3,976 rows; credit the original agencies listed below)