Water report · Lake Lanier
Lake Lanier water level
Near normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 31% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
Lake Lanier water level history
What this means
1,066.45 ft puts Lake Lanier in the 31st percentile for August 13, against 22 years of record.
The median for this date is 1,068.82 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 1,065.76 and 1,070.61.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,066.39 and 1,066.48 ft, lowest on Aug 6 and highest on Aug 10.
That is 0.07 ft higher than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,065.90 and 1,066.54 ft, lowest on Jul 23 and highest on Jul 25.
That is 0.32 ft higher than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Lanier held between 1,065.67 and 1,066.78 ft, lowest on May 21 and highest on Jun 20.
That is 0.61 ft higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Lanier held between 1,064.19 and 1,069.96 ft, lowest on Jan 8 and highest on Aug 17.
That is 3.34 ft lower 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 02334400, LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA, 0.2 miles from the centre 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 02334400, LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA, 0.2 miles from the centre 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.
Lake Lanier 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 Lanier record book