Water report · Lake Allatoona
Lake Allatoona water level
Well above normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 90% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
Lake Allatoona water level history
What this means
840.90 ft puts Lake Allatoona in the 90th percentile for August 13, against 22 years of record.
The median for this date is 839.31 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 837.90 and 839.85.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Allatoona held between 840.84 and 841.03 ft, lowest on Aug 8 and highest on Aug 10.
That is 0.06 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Allatoona held between 840.55 and 841.59 ft, lowest on Jul 14 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 0.38 ft higher than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.65 and 841.59 ft, lowest on May 21 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 3.15 ft higher than on May 15.
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 2.01 ft higher than on Aug 12.
On this water
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 centre 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 02393500, ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA, 5.8 miles from the centre 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.
Lake Allatoona fishing records
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.
See the Lake Allatoona record book