Afterbay Reservoir water level today
Lake in Person County, North Carolina
At a glance · Oct 23
Afterbay Reservoir is 11.3 ft lower than normal for Oct 23, lower than on this date in all of the last 10 years.
- This week↘ Falling 0.20 ft
- Lowest on record↓ 256.69 ft (1997)
Compared with this gauge's own records for the same date. A statistical guide, not advice.
Today compared with past years on Oct 23
Where today's reading sits among this gauge's own records for the same date (±3 days). A statistical guide, not advice.
What this means
It is lower than on Oct 23 in every one of the last 10 years on record.
The lake has fallen 0.20 ft in 7 days and fallen 1.03 ft in 30 days.
Since 1995, the lowest daily level was 256.69 ft (Oct 1997) and the highest 391.84 ft (Jul 2025).
Afterbay Reservoir level chart
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2026 compared with 2025
Each year drawn on the same January–December axis, over this gauge's normal range for each date. Hover or tap a point for its value.
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | 369.06 ft | ▲ 5.03 ft |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 370.36 ft | ▲ 6.33 ft |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 366.25 ft | ▲ 2.22 ft |
| Oct 23, 2022 | 371.34 ft | ▲ 7.31 ft |
| Oct 23, 2021 | 371.43 ft | ▲ 7.40 ft |
| Oct 23, 2020 | 380.18 ft | ▲ 16.15 ft |
| Oct 23, 2019 | 377.00 ft | ▲ 12.97 ft |
| Oct 23, 2018 | 379.17 ft | ▲ 15.14 ft |
| Oct 23, 2017 | 374.08 ft | ▲ 10.05 ft |
| Oct 23, 2016 | 379.92 ft | ▲ 15.89 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 391.84 ft on Jul 7, 2025
- Lowest
- 256.69 ft on Oct 4, 1997
- Records from
- 1995 (31 years of daily data)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Roxboro Afterbay Dam
- Height
- 68 ft
- Completed
- 1974
- Purposes
- Other
- Owner
- Duke Energy Corporation
- Normal storage
- 12,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 650 acres
National Inventory of Dams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). All dam facts →
Weather & wind
Wind NE 8 mph
Wind NE 2 to 7 mph
Wind NE 3 to 8 mph
Wind NE 1 to 7 mph
Wind NE 3 to 7 mph
Wind NE 0 to 5 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 15 min ago.