Ozark lake levels today

Of the 11 Ozarks lakes we track, 8 are more than a foot below normal pool, and 3 are within a foot. Numbers come from the gauge at each dam and update every hour.

Latest reading 9:00 am, Nov 10Checked hourly

Missouri

Lake of the Ozarks 657.50 ft 2.5 ft low Normal 660.00 · 24 hr 0.00 Truman Lake 705.08 ft Near normal Normal 706.00 · 24 hr +0.05 Table Rock Lake 910.16 ft 6.8 ft low Normal 917.00 · 24 hr −0.09 Stockton Lake 862.11 ft 4.9 ft low Normal 867.00 · 24 hr −0.01 Pomme de Terre Lake 837.84 ft 1.2 ft low Normal 839.00 · 24 hr −0.02 Clearwater Lake 494.46 ft Near normal Normal 494.00 · 24 hr −0.06

Arkansas

Bull Shoals Lake 652.39 ft 6.6 ft low Normal 659.00 · 24 hr 0.00 Beaver Lake 1,111.38 ft 9.0 ft low Normal 1,120.43 · 24 hr −0.05 Norfork Lake 551.97 ft 1.8 ft low Normal 553.75 · 24 hr −0.04 Greers Ferry Lake 454.74 ft 7.3 ft low Normal 462.04 · 24 hr −0.02

Oklahoma

Grand Lake 741.97 ft Near normal Normal 742.00 · 24 hr +0.06

All lakes side by side

Lake	Level (ft)	Normal pool (ft)	Difference	24 hr	7 days	Top of flood pool	Reading
Lake of the Ozarks	657.50	660.00	−2.50	0.00	−0.10	—	8:00 am, Nov 10
Truman Lake	705.08	706.00	−0.92	+0.05	−0.11	—	8:45 am, Nov 10
Table Rock Lake	910.16	917.00	−6.84	−0.09	−0.42	931	9:00 am, Nov 10
Bull Shoals Lake	652.39	659.00	−6.61	0.00	−0.16	695	8:00 am, Nov 10
Beaver Lake	1,111.38	1,120.43	−9.05	−0.05	−0.27	1,130	9:00 am, Nov 10
Norfork Lake	551.97	553.75	−1.78	−0.04	−0.11	580	8:00 am, Nov 10
Greers Ferry Lake	454.74	462.04	−7.30	−0.02	−0.01	487	8:00 am, Nov 10
Stockton Lake	862.11	867.00	−4.89	−0.01	−0.11	892	8:30 am, Nov 10
Pomme de Terre Lake	837.84	839.00	−1.16	−0.02	−0.15	874	8:30 am, Nov 10
Clearwater Lake	494.46	494.00	+0.46	−0.06	−0.29	567	8:30 am, Nov 10
Grand Lake	741.97	742.00	−0.03	+0.06	+0.07	755	8:00 am, Nov 10

Feet above sea level. Normal pool is today's seasonal target where the Corps sets one. Readings are provisional.

Dam generation schedulesWhen Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork, Beaver, Greers Ferry, Stockton and Truman dams plan to run their turbines today, hour by hour.

Buffalo National River

Gauge	Flow (cfs)	Stage (ft)	NPS unsafe above
Buffalo River near Boxley	11.7	1.90	Not listed
Buffalo River at Ponca	38.9	3.42	1,600
Buffalo River at Pruitt (Hwy 7)	20.2	3.05	2,000
Buffalo River near St. Joe (Grinder's Ferry, Hwy 65)	150	3.28	8,000
Buffalo River near Harriet (Dillard's Ferry, Hwy 14)	201	3.52	9,370

River flow from USGS, provisional. See Buffalo River water level for what each number means for floating.

Questions

Where do these lake levels come from?

Each level comes from the gauge at the dam: National Weather Service gauges for most lakes and the U.S. Geological Survey gauge for Truman Lake. Seasonal normal pools for the Little Rock and Tulsa district lakes come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We read them every hour.

What does "normal pool" mean?

Normal pool is the level the dam's operator aims to hold the lake at: the top of the conservation pool for Corps lakes, or full pool at Lake of the Ozarks. Above it is flood storage. At several Little Rock District lakes the Corps raises the target by one to a few feet for summer.

Why are the lakes low in the fall?

Late summer and fall usually bring less runoff while the dams keep releasing water downstream, so many Ozarks lakes drift below normal pool until winter and spring rain refills them.

Sources

National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service: lake gauges at each dam, read hourly
USGS 06922440, Truman Dam, and USGS Buffalo National River gauges, read hourly
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CWMS Data: seasonal normal pools, read daily
Southwestern Power Administration: Generation Schedule, read hourly
Normal and flood pool elevations from the Corps (Little Rock, Kansas City and Tulsa districts), Ameren Missouri and the Grand River Dam Authority, checked Nov 10, 2026

This page is independent and not affiliated with any of these agencies. For safety decisions, go by the agency's own report.