Candlewood Lake lake and shoreline

Candlewood Lake Water Level

Connecticut

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Candlewood Lake

Current level

No public live gage

USGS, the Corps, and other public feeds do not publish a pool elevation for this lake. Conservation-pool and datum values from the catalog may still appear below.

Since last reading

No prior reading

Change appears once we have two daily level summaries on file.

Prior reading unavailable

7-day change

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30-day change

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30-day change is shown once 30 days of daily history are available.

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Water Level History

No live elevation history

This lake has no public live pool gage, so Lake Insights cannot plot a water-level history. Published conservation or full-pool elevation may still appear in the panels below.

Reference line is designed full pool.

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Candlewood Lake Level Details

Reference elevations, recent daily readings, data sources, and answers to common questions.

Conditions & Reference

Level status

Summary updating

This comparison needs the current level and full pool. We use the live feed when present, otherwise the latest daily summary when it includes a pool comparison.

DatumElevation referenced to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
NGVD29
Elevation reference
MSL
Source
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Reference levels

  • Full pool428 ft

Daily level summary

Daily history updating

Daily rows will appear here as level summaries are recorded for this lake.

Common questions about Candlewood Lake’s water level

  • Lake Insights does not currently have a live gauge elevation for Candlewood Lake. No public USGS or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pool gage is published for this lake, so a current Candlewood Lake lake level is not shown.

  • Candlewood Lake does not have a public live pool-elevation feed. Lake Insights only plots a current elevation when an official agency gage (USGS, Corps, NOAA, or a verified operator feed) is available.

  • Full pool for Candlewood Lake is 428 ft — the normal conservation target elevation when the reservoir is at its designed summer or operating pool.

Lake level glossary

Definitions for pool targets, datums, and how elevation readings are labeled.

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