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W. Kerr Scott Reservoir water level today

Reservoir in Wilkes, North Carolina · Yadkin River

1,030.40ft
314.07 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Normal for the date
vs full pool ?
▼ 39,969.60 ft
24 hours
▲ 0.08 ft
7 days
▼ 7.71 ft
30 days
▲ 2.26 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
1,030.24 ft

What this means

W. Kerr Scott Reservoir is 39,969.60 ft below its full pool of 41,000.00 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 2 of the last 10 years.

The lake has fallen 7.71 ft in 7 days and risen 2.26 ft in 30 days.

Since 2011, the lowest daily level was 1,025.72 ft (Mar 2016) and the highest 1,062.25 ft (Jun 2019).

W. Kerr Scott Reservoir 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, 20251,030.08 ft▼ 0.32 ft
Oct 21, 20241,030.11 ft▼ 0.29 ft
Oct 21, 20231,029.96 ft▼ 0.44 ft
Oct 21, 20221,029.63 ft▼ 0.77 ft
Oct 21, 20211,030.08 ft▼ 0.32 ft
Oct 21, 20201,030.03 ft▼ 0.37 ft
Oct 21, 20191,031.03 ft▲ 0.63 ft
Oct 21, 20181,029.99 ft▼ 0.41 ft
Oct 21, 20171,030.46 ft▲ 0.06 ft
Oct 21, 20161,029.85 ft▼ 0.55 ft

Records & details

Highest
1,062.25 ft on Jun 10, 2019
Lowest
1,025.72 ft on Mar 7, 2016
Records from
2011 (15 years of daily data)
Full pool
41,000.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Storage
37,158 acre-ft
Inflow
317 cfs (8.98 m³/s)
Outflow
321 cfs (9.09 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon71°F · Sunny
Wind E 1 mph
Tonight42°F · Clear
Wind NW 2 mph
Thursday73°F · Sunny
Wind N 1 to 5 mph
Thursday Night40°F · Clear
Wind N 1 to 5 mph
Friday66°F · Sunny
Wind N 3 mph
Friday Night40°F · Mostly Clear
Wind NE 3 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.