Water report · Lake Allatoona
Near normal for late September, and dropping fast this week. Above 55% of past September 22s on record.
Updated 1:15 AM UTC, Sep 22
837.33 ft puts Lake Allatoona in the 55th percentile for September 22, against 21 years of record.
The median for this date is 836.97 ft, and half of all September 22s on record fell between 834.82 and 838.62.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.33 and 837.81 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Sep 16.
That is 0.48 ft lower than on Sep 16.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.33 and 839.76 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Aug 24.
That is 2.43 ft lower than on Aug 24.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.33 and 841.59 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 3.73 ft lower than on Jun 25.
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 1.43 ft higher than on Sep 22.
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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