North Carolina lake & reservoir water levels
North Carolina has 19 lakes and reservoirs tracked here — 19 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.
- Lakes tracked
- 19
- With elevation reading
- 19
- With %-full figure
- 0
19 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.
All North Carolina lakes
Every lake tracked in North Carolina. 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.
| Datum | Trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiww Dsc South Mills | 8.46 | NAVD88 | — | — | →Steady |
| B. Everett Jordan Lake | 213.00 | NGVD29 | 176,350 | — | ↓Falling |
| Beaverdam Creek | 247.66 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Bond Lake | 341.73 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Brier Creek Reservoir | 305.86 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Coles Branch Reservoir | 312.11 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Falls Lake | 246.23 | NGVD29 | — | — | ↓Falling |
| Hatchers Grove Reservoir | 325.28 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Hyco Lake | 409.18 | NGVD29 | — | — | ↓Falling |
| Lake Crabtree | 275.66 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Lake Johnson | 343.26 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Lake Lynn | 334.10 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Lake Mattamuskeet | -0.73 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Lake Mattamuskeet | -0.89 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Page Lake | 305.69 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Richland Lake | 300.33 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Shelley Lake at Shelley Lake Park at Raleigh | 251.33 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| Sorrells Grove Reservoir | 303.24 | NAVD88 | — | — | ↑Rising |
| W. Kerr Scott Reservoir | 1,027.47 | NGVD29 | 33,411 | — | ↓Falling |
Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-07-14. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).
Frequently asked questions
- How many lakes and reservoirs in North Carolina are tracked here?
- 19, of which 19 report a current pool-elevation reading. The rest report storage only, or lack a fresh reading and are not published.
- Which North Carolina lakes report a %-full figure?
- None of North Carolina'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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