Water report · Lake Allatoona
Near normal for mid October, and dropping this week. Above 59% of past October 12s on record.
Updated 9:15 AM UTC, Oct 12
835.73 ft puts Lake Allatoona in the 59th percentile for October 12, against 21 years of record.
The median for this date is 834.99 ft, and half of all October 12s on record fell between 833.12 and 836.97.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Allatoona held between 835.41 and 835.88 ft, lowest on Oct 9 and highest on Oct 6.
That is 0.15 ft lower than on Oct 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Allatoona held between 835.41 and 838.05 ft, lowest on Oct 9 and highest on Sep 14.
That is 2.30 ft lower than on Sep 13.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Allatoona held between 835.41 and 841.59 ft, lowest on Oct 9 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 5.05 ft lower than on Jul 17.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Allatoona held between 824.44 and 841.59 ft, lowest on Jan 1 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 1.40 ft higher than on Oct 12.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 02393500, ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA, 5.8 miles from the center of Lake Allatoona. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 02393500, ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA, 5.8 miles from the center of Lake Allatoona. It reports reservoir elevation. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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