Water report · Lake Allatoona
Near normal for mid September, and dropping this week. Above 56% of past September 13s on record.
Updated 1:15 AM UTC, Sep 13
837.97 ft puts Lake Allatoona in the 56th percentile for September 13, against 21 years of record.
The median for this date is 837.63 ft, and half of all September 13s on record fell between 835.75 and 839.10.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.89 and 838.39 ft, lowest on Sep 11 and highest on Sep 7.
That is 0.42 ft lower than on Sep 7.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.89 and 840.75 ft, lowest on Sep 11 and highest on Aug 15.
That is 2.78 ft lower than on Aug 15.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Allatoona held between 837.89 and 841.59 ft, lowest on Sep 11 and highest on Jul 27.
That is 2.95 ft lower than on Jun 16.
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 0.45 ft higher than on Sep 13.
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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