About Neely Henry Lake
Active alerts and advisories
Conditions that may affect safety or access. Always verify with official sources before heading out.
Lake-specific pages: Weather · Lake level.
Conditions that may affect safety or access. Always verify with official sources before heading out.
Lake-specific pages: Weather · Lake level.
Neely Henry Lake is managed by Alabama Power. Lake Insights displays its latest available elevation from NOAA / National Weather Service — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Published reference elevations are listed below.
1 foot below full pool
−1.00 ft vs full pool
Neely Henry Lake is currently 1 foot below full pool and has fallen slightly over the past week. The lake remains below full pool; 30-day change up 0.20 ft.
Saint Clair County, AL · U.S. Drought Monitor county statistics at the lake location (not a lake-specific designation)
No Drought
No USDM drought categories are reported for Saint Clair County, AL. These figures describe the surrounding county from the lake location, not the lake itself.
Severity
Weekly trend
Stable
Compared with last week
Official drought (D1–D4)
No
No D1–D4 area is reported for the surrounding county.
U.S. Drought Monitor · map date Nov 3, 2026. Updated weekly. Official drought means U.S. Drought Monitor categories D1–D4 (Moderate through Exceptional). Abnormally Dry (D0) is not counted as official drought. droughtmonitor.unl.eduView drought map for Saint Clair County, AL
Managing authority
Waterbody / project type
Full pool
Winter pool
Current-level source
General factors for reservoirs like this
These are common influences for this type of lake. They do not identify the cause of a specific current change unless an operator update confirms it.
Rainfall & inflows
Rain and upstream river inflows can raise reservoir levels, especially after storms.
Downstream releases
When an operator releases water through a dam, reservoir storage can fall and downstream flows can rise.
Flood-risk operations
Some projects store or release water under flood-risk rules when conditions require it.
Water supply
Some reservoirs support municipal, industrial, irrigation, or regional water-supply needs.
Hydropower
Hydropower projects may pass water through turbines when generating electricity.
Seasonal weather
Dry periods, heat, evaporation, and seasonal rainfall patterns can affect storage over weeks and months.
Published reference elevation. Not necessarily a fixed year-round target for every project.
A winter / seasonal pool elevation is published, but Lake Insights does not have verified seasonal operating dates for this lake.
Managing authority: Alabama Power
Observation source used by Lake Insights: NOAA / National Weather Service — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Who manages the lake and who publishes the reading Lake Insights displays can differ. Lake Insights does not invent a source label from the managing authority alone.
Shared background — not lake-specific facts
Lake Insights aggregates water level information from authoritative public sources such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, TVA, Bureau of Reclamation, power utilities, and other official lake operators. We preserve historical observations, calculate trends, and present lake conditions in a consistent format. For NOAA / National Weather Service — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, we link to the official source whenever it is available. Lake Insights does not predict future lake levels unless an official forecast has been published by the managing authority.
507 ft
FallingClear · 6.9 mph NNW
Good
Best window: 4:05 AM–5:05 AM
Level 1 hour ago · Weather 50 minutes ago · Talladega Municipal Airport