Mississippi lake & reservoir water levels

36 lakes tracked · 36 with a current elevation reading · USGS Water Services + USACE CWMS Data

Mississippi has 36 lakes and reservoirs tracked here — 36 with a current elevation reading, from USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data. Sort the table by level, storage, %-full, or trend, then open any lake for its full elevation-with-datum, trend sparkline, storage, and source-and-vintage stamp. Figures are provisional readings for reference — not for navigation or safety decisions.

Statewide totals Mississippi · USGS + USACE
Lakes tracked
36

36 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.

With elevation reading
36
With %-full figure
0

All Mississippi lakes

Every lake tracked in Mississippi. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by name. Elevation lakes are listed before storage-only lakes; a missing figure always shows "not reported," never an estimate.

Mississippi lakes, elevation lakes first, by name.
Datum Trend
Alligator-Catfish Landside 105.58 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Alligator-Catfish Riverside 96.43 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Amory Lock and Dam 190.15 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Arkabutla Lake 208.15 NGVD29 26,104 ↑Rising
Ascalmore-Tippo Landside 124.27 NGVD29 →Steady
Ascalmore-Tippo Riverside 118.29 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Big Sunflower 139.41 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Big Sunflower 71.36 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Big Sunflower 83.42 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Bogue Phalia 93.09 NAVD88 ↑Rising
Coffeeville Pump Landside 221.68 NGVD29 →Steady
Coffeeville Pump Riverside 215.71 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Enid Lake 247.40 NGVD29 230,480 ↑Rising
Fort Pemberton Lower 103.80 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Fort Pemberton Upper 104.91 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Fulton Lock and Dam 270.51 NGVD29 →Steady
Grenada Lake 209.68 NGVD29 380,476 ↑Rising
Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam 330.05 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Little Sunflower Landside 70.70 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Little Sunflower Riverside 70.38 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Ltl Tallahatchie 170.27 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Ltl Tallahatchie 196.94 NGVD29 →Steady
Ltl Tallahatchie 283.76 NAVD88 ↓Falling
Mackeys Min Flow Structure 327.82 NGVD29 →Steady
Mississippi River 83.99 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Okatibbee Crk at Arundel 262.49 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Okatibbee Lake 342.39 NGVD29 37,078 ↓Falling
Ross Barnett Reservoir 297.16 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Sardis Lake 257.43 NGVD29 532,585 ↑Rising
Stennis Lock and Dam 163.27 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Tallahatchie River 121.88 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Walker Lake Pump Landside 108.52 NGVD29 ↓Falling
Wasp Lake Landside 94.78 NGVD29 →Steady
Wasp Lake Riverside 87.03 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Wolf Lake 86.63 NGVD29 ↑Rising
Yazoo City Pump Landside 81.40 NGVD29 ↓Falling

Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-08-31. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).

Frequently asked questions

How many lakes and reservoirs in Mississippi are tracked here?
36, of which 36 report a current pool-elevation reading. The rest report storage only, or lack a fresh reading and are not published.
Which Mississippi lakes report a %-full figure?
None of Mississippi's lakes in this dataset currently have a source-provided %-full figure — we show the bare level rather than estimate one.
Where does the data come from?
USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data, both public domain. See the methodology page for the exact endpoints and update cadence.

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