Water report · Lake Lanier
Near normal for early September, and dropping this week. Above 29% of past September 2s on record.
Updated 7:15 PM UTC, Sep 2
1,065.58 ft puts Lake Lanier in the 29th percentile for September 2, against 21 years of record.
The median for this date is 1,068.48 ft, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 1,065.04 and 1,069.95.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,065.58 and 1,065.86 ft, lowest on Sep 2 and highest on Aug 27.
That is 0.28 ft lower than on Aug 27.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,065.58 and 1,066.48 ft, lowest on Sep 2 and highest on Aug 10.
That is 0.79 ft lower than on Aug 4.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,065.58 and 1,066.78 ft, lowest on Sep 2 and highest on Jun 20.
That is 1.10 ft lower than on Jun 5.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Lanier held between 1,064.19 and 1,069.40 ft, lowest on Jan 8 and highest on Sep 2.
That is 3.82 ft lower than on Sep 2.
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 02334400, LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA, 0.2 miles from the center of Lake Lanier. 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 02334400, LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA, 0.2 miles from the center of Lake Lanier. 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.
See the Lake Lanier record book