Arkansas Lake Levels Today
26 lakes and reservoirs · updated Sep 21, 2026
Lake Levels Today tracks 26 lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas. Of the 26 with a published full pool, 13 are at or above it and 0 are well below it. The highest relative to full pool is Ark Post Canal - Lock 02 Lake (+1.06 ft) and the lowest is Lake Greeson (−13.00 ft). Over the last 24 hours 2 rose and 15 fell by more than a twentieth of a foot; the rest held steady.
Every figure is the operating agency's own gauge reading, republished once a day. Open a lake for its staff gauge, a one-year chart, pool elevations and the source link. Elevations are in feet above the agency's vertical datum, so compare lakes by their distance from full pool, not by raw elevation.
| Lake | Elevation (ft) | From full | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Shoals Lake | 655.26 | −5.74 ft | −0.13 ft |
| Beaver Lake | 1,113.71 | −7.72 ft | −0.09 ft |
| Greers Ferry Lake | 456.78 | −5.76 ft | −0.11 ft |
| Norfork Lake | 553.38 | −2.37 ft | −0.09 ft |
| Lake Ouachita | 570.96 | −7.04 ft | −0.02 ft |
| DeGray Lake | 401.69 | −6.31 ft | −0.10 ft |
| Ark Post Canal - Lock 02 Lake | 163.06 | +1.06 ft | +0.02 ft |
| Ark Post Canal - Norrell Lock 01 Lake | 142.96 | −0.04 ft | −0.30 ft |
| Blue Mountain Lake | 371.65 | −2.35 ft | no change |
| C. D. Maynard Lake | 213.84 | +0.84 ft | −0.12 ft |
| Dardanelle Lake | 337.69 | −0.31 ft | −0.08 ft |
| David D. Terry Lake | 231.12 | +0.12 ft | −0.04 ft |
| DeQueen Lake | 433.36 | −3.64 ft | −0.15 ft |
| Dierks Lake | 523.52 | −2.48 ft | −0.06 ft |
| E. Sanders Lake | 196.00 | no change | −0.24 ft |
| Gillham Lake | 500.70 | −1.30 ft | −0.02 ft |
| J. W. Trimble Lake | 391.35 | −0.65 ft | −0.12 ft |
| Joe Hardin Lake | 182.34 | +0.34 ft | +0.42 ft |
| Lake Greeson | 535.00 | −13.00 ft | −0.19 ft |
| Millwood Lake | 259.57 | +0.37 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Murray Lake | 249.16 | +0.16 ft | −0.09 ft |
| Nimrod Lake | 342.50 | +0.24 ft | −0.05 ft |
| Ormond Lake | 285.48 | −1.52 ft | −0.29 ft |
| Ozark Lake | 372.03 | +0.03 ft | +0.28 ft |
| Toad Suck Lake | 265.36 | +0.36 ft | −0.04 ft |
| Wilbur D. Mills Dam 02 Lake | 162.98 | +0.98 ft | no change |
Arkansas lake level questions
Which Arkansas lake is lowest right now?
Lake Greeson, at 535.00 ft, −13.00 ft from its full pool of 548.00 ft.
How many Arkansas lakes are full?
13 of the 26 Arkansas lakes with a published full pool are within half a foot of it or above, and 0 are more than halfway down the conservation pool.
How often are Arkansas lake levels updated here?
Once a day. The readings on this page were pulled Sep 21, 2026; each lake page shows the exact timestamp of its gauge reading.