Laurel River Lake lake and shoreline

Laurel River Lake Water Level

Kentucky

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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USGS, the Corps, and other public feeds do not publish a pool elevation for this lake.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

Insufficient 7-day history

7-day change is shown once at least a week of daily data is on file.

Insufficient history for 7-day trend

Not enough readings in this period

Need at least two readings in the last 7 days for a trend preview.

30-day change

Insufficient 30-day history

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

Not enough readings in this period

Need at least two readings in the last 30 days for a trend preview.

Water Level History

Elevation (ft) NGVD29 · MSL

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.

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
Not available

Reference levels

  • Full pool1,019 ft

Watershed drought

No Drought

None reported for the surrounding watershed.

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Stable

Watershed drought conditions

Laurel County, KY

No Drought

No Drought. No official drought conditions.. Trend: Stable compared with last week. Official drought no

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Stable

Compared with last week

Official drought

No

No official drought is reported for the surrounding watershed.

U.S. Drought Monitor · map date Sep 8, 2026. Updated weekly. droughtmonitor.unl.eduView drought map for Laurel County, KY

Daily level summary

Daily history updating

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

Common questions about Laurel River Lake’s water level

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

  • Laurel River 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 Laurel River Lake is 1,019 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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