Every flood and every drought since Buford Dam closed. Lake Lanier has swung across 26 vertical feet — from a record low of 1050.79 ft to a record high of 1077.2 ft. Today’s 1066.23 ft is higher than 32% of all months on record.
Monthly mean (line) with monthly min–max band. Dashed teal line = full pool (1071 ft).
Record high
1077.2 ft
1964-04-05
Record low
1050.79 ft
2007-12-26
Full pool
1071 ft
conservation pool
Flood pool
1085 ft
top of flood storage
Daily record aggregated here to monthly min/mean/max. Lake level, storage, and streamflow from USGS (Buford Dam project data courtesy of USACE); reference elevations from USACE published records. Historical daily values are agency-reviewed; recent values are provisional.