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Bull Shoals Lake Water Level Today

The last reading for Bull Shoals Lake, the White River reservoir behind Bull Shoals Dam, was 653.42 ft (NGVD29) on Oct 17, 2026. Bull Shoals Lake is 3.73 ft lower than on the same date last year.

653.42 ft

NGVD29

653.42 ft

Oct 17, 2026 CDT

Bull Shoals Lake Level vs Last Year & Historical Average

Comparisons for Bull Shoals Lake use the same NGVD29 series as the chart. The series begins Sep 30, 2015 and has 4035 daily values. Bull Shoals Lake is 3.73 ft lower than on the same date last year. In that window, the lowest daily level was 649.48 ft on Jan 13, 2017, and the highest was 695.05 ft on May 28, 2020.

Level versus recent and historical marks
MarkDateElevationVs latest
Latest readingOct 17, 2026653.42 ft—
7 days earlierOct 10, 2026653.80 ft−0.38 ft
30 days earlierSep 17, 2026655.59 ft−2.17 ft
1 year earlierOct 17, 2025657.15 ft−3.73 ft
Same-day mean (11 years)—657.06 ft−3.64 ft

Bull Shoals Lake Water Level Chart

Daily elevation Latest

655660665670 Oct 17, 2025 Oct 17, 2026
Values plotted in this range
StartEndLowHighDays
Oct 17, 2025Oct 17, 2026652.22 ft665.38 ft365

Monthly High, Low, and Average

Each row is the high, low, and average of the daily Bull Shoals Lake elevations in that month (Oct 2025 through Oct 2026). The lowest monthly average in this table is Feb 2026 at 652.68 ft (28 days). The highest monthly average is Jun 2026 at 662.99 ft.

Monthly elevation, feet
MonthHighLowAverage
Oct 2025659.78655.26657.40
Nov 2025655.14653.47654.09
Dec 2025655.93654.07654.76
Jan 2026655.99653.02654.68
Feb 2026653.13652.22652.68
Mar 2026656.93652.65655.45
Apr 2026655.81654.97655.27
May 2026659.20655.47656.19
Jun 2026665.38659.28662.99
Jul 2026664.47659.95661.31
Aug 2026659.98657.33658.55
Sep 2026657.21654.41655.76
Oct 2026654.37653.42653.87

About This Data

Source record for this page
AgencyU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Time seriesBull Shoals Dam - Headwater (SWL:Bull_Shoals_Dam-Headwater.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Decodes-rev)
ParameterCWMS Bull_Shoals_Dam-Headwater.Elev, hourly, feet
DatumNGVD29
FormulaUSACE CWMS native datum NGVD29.
Full poolNot confirmed in the fetched sources.
Full-pool source—
Latest readingOct 17, 2026 CDT (2026-10-17 13:00 UTC)
Series filedata/raw/bull-shoals-lake/cwms-0-20261017T132852Z.json, data/raw/bull-shoals-lake/cwms-1-20261017T132852Z.json, data/raw/bull-shoals-lake/cwms-location-20261017T132852Z.json, data/raw/bull-shoals-lake/cwms-level-20261017T132852Z.json
NoteProvisional data, subject to revision.

Source record

How We Calculate These Numbers

Daily history for Bull Shoals Lake uses one USACE CWMS hourly elevation per local day. This page doesn't show a full-pool line because the fetched sources didn't confirm one on this datum. The same-day mean at Bull Shoals Lake uses 11 readings on this calendar day from 2015 through 2025 and equals 657.06 ft. All of these figures come from USACE CWMS time series SWL:Bull_Shoals_Dam-Headwater.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Decodes-rev. Percent full is shown only when an agency published it; it is never estimated by dividing elevation by a pool elevation.

FAQ

Is Bull Shoals Lake higher than last year?

No, Bull Shoals Lake is lower than last year. On Oct 17, 2025 it was 657.15 ft; on Oct 17, 2026 it is 653.42 ft (−3.73 ft).

Where does the Bull Shoals Lake data come from?

USACE CWMS time series SWL:Bull_Shoals_Dam-Headwater.Elev.Inst.1Hour.0.Decodes-rev, CWMS Bull_Shoals_Dam-Headwater.Elev, hourly, feet. The datum is NGVD29. Provisional data are subject to revision.

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