Coosa River
Listed upstream to downstream. Tap a lake for the 7-day generation pattern and 30-day level chart.
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs. guide | Running water now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 561.91 | 0.07 ft above guide | Generating — 8,464 cfs |
| Neely Henry Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 506.85 | 0.43 ft below guide | Generating — 8,309 cfs |
| Logan Martin Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 463.03 | 0.18 ft above guide | Generating — 10,477 cfs |
| Lay Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 395.63 | No guide in feed | Generating — 4,591 cfs |
| Lake Mitchell Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 311.19 | No guide in feed | Generating — 10,770 cfs |
| Lake Jordan Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 251.35 | No guide in feed | Generating — 2,269 cfs |
| Walter Bouldin Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 251.11 | No guide in feed | Generating — 9,020 cfs |
Tallapoosa River
Listed upstream to downstream. Tap a lake for the 7-day generation pattern and 30-day level chart.
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs. guide | Running water now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Wedowee (R.L. Harris) Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 787.31 | On guide (within 0.05 ft) | Not generating |
| Lake Martin Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 484.14 | On guide (within 0.05 ft) | Generating — 7,723 cfs |
| Yates Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 342.90 | No guide in feed | Generating — 5,237 cfs |
| Thurlow Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 287.51 | No guide in feed | Generating — 5,397 cfs |
Black Warrior River
Listed upstream to downstream. Tap a lake for the 7-day generation pattern and 30-day level chart.
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs. guide | Running water now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Smith Lake Read Nov 13, 6:00 PM CST | 498.18 | 0.60 ft above guide | Not generating |
| Bankhead Lake Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 254.64 | No guide in feed | Not generating |
| Holt Reservoir Read Nov 13, 5:00 PM CST | 186.67 | No guide in feed | Not generating |
Tennessee River
Listed upstream to downstream. Tap a lake for the 7-day generation pattern and 30-day level chart.
| Lake | Level (ft) | Vs. guide | Running water now? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickwick Lake Read Nov 13, 6:00 PM CST | 409.34 | No guide in feed | — Reading unavailable |
Guntersville, Wheeler & Wilson
These are TVA lakes on the Tennessee River. Pickwick’s readings are in the Corps feed and are on the board above, but these three are not — so you won’t find a number here for them, and we won’t make one up. Get current elevations and release info from TVA’s lake levels page. Our lake guides: Lake Guntersville · Wheeler Lake · Wilson Lake.
Lake level questions
What is the guide curve on an Alabama Power lake?
Alabama Power calls it the operating guide: the highest level the company may hold a storage lake at under normal conditions, set with FERC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It starts the year at winter pool, rises in late winter and spring to summer pool, holds through summer, and declines in fall and early winter to make room for flood flows.
Why aren’t Guntersville, Wheeler, Wilson and Pickwick on this board?
Those are TVA lakes on the Tennessee River. TVA does not report them into the Corps of Engineers Mobile District feed this board reads, so we link to TVA’s own lake levels page instead of guessing.
How current are these lake levels?
Alabama Power reports readings hourly into the Corps feed, and this page re-checks it every 15 minutes. Readings usually show up an hour or two after they are taken. Anything older than 3 hours is marked stale.
What does “generating” mean here?
It means the powerhouse at that dam reported water moving through the turbines in its latest hourly reading, given in cubic feet per second. “Not generating” means the powerhouse reported zero. Spillway releases are shown separately.
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Data source
Hourly readings Alabama Power reports to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District CWMS feed, plus TVA’s hourly Pickwick readings from the same Corps system. This page re-checks the feed every 15 minutes. Elevations are feet above mean sea level. Page checked Nov 13, 6:40 PM CST.