Richard B. Russell Lake water level today
Reservoir in Elbert, Georgia · Savannah River
473.62ft
144.36 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Below normal for the dateRising
What this means
Richard B. Russell Lake is 1.38 ft below its full pool of 475.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 9 of the last 10 years.
The lake has risen 0.27 ft in 7 days and risen 0.07 ft in 30 days.
Since 2016, the lowest daily level was 471.01 ft (Jan 2018) and the highest 479.40 ft (Feb 2020).
Richard B. Russell Lake level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Full pool
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 473.44 ft | ▼ 0.18 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 473.64 ft | ▲ 0.02 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 473.82 ft | ▲ 0.20 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 474.16 ft | ▲ 0.54 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 475.21 ft | ▲ 1.59 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 474.29 ft | ▲ 0.67 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 474.55 ft | ▲ 0.93 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 473.78 ft | ▲ 0.16 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 473.73 ft | ▲ 0.11 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 473.92 ft | ▲ 0.30 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 479.40 ft on Feb 27, 2020
- Lowest
- 471.01 ft on Jan 8, 2018
- Records from
- 2016 (10 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 475.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 985,359 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 12,365 cfs (350.1 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 6,091 cfs (172.5 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
Tonight51°F · Clear
Wind N 1 mph
Wind N 1 mph
Thursday75°F · Sunny
Wind NNE 3 mph
Wind NNE 3 mph
Thursday Night51°F · Clear
Wind NE 0 to 7 mph
Wind NE 0 to 7 mph
Friday71°F · Sunny
Wind NE 8 mph
Wind NE 8 mph
Friday Night51°F · Clear
Wind NE 5 to 9 mph
Wind NE 5 to 9 mph
Saturday67°F · Sunny
Wind NE 13 mph
Wind NE 13 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 16 min ago.