Smith Mountain LakeLevels

Lake Levels

Lake levels are also available in the table below or on the following websites:

Current Lake Levels
Smith Mountain Lake Levels (charted)
Lakes OnLine

Year	Maximum Elevation	Maximum Date	Other Spill Elevation	Other Spill Date	Minimun Elevation	Minimun Date
1966	795.00				FIRST FULL	MAR. 7
1967	795.00				791.00	NOV. 17
						NOV. 18
1968	795.00				788.70	OCT. 18
1969	795.00				790.40	JAN. 8
1970	795.00				787.60	JAN. 23
1971	795.20	MAY 16			789.60	FEB. 3
1972	797.60	JUN. 22			791.70	MAR. 10
						MAR. 11
1973	795.00				791.80	NOV. 13
						NOV. 30
						DEC. 1
1974	795.00				790.50	DEC. 5
						DEC. 6
						DEC. 7
1975	796.80	MAR. 20			791.60	JAN. 3
						JAN. 4
1976	795.00				789.90	SEP. 30
1977	795.20	APR. 5			788.30	OCT. 21
						OCT. 22
1978	799.79	APR. 27	796.40	JAN. 27	790.30	NOV. 11
1979	796.90	FEB. 26	796.30	SEP. 22	792.30	JAN. 1
				SEP. 23
1980	795.30	APR. 14			789.40	DEC. 5
1981	794.70	JUL. 13			789.30	JAN. 17
1982	795.00				791.80	NOV. 5
1983	795.80	APR. 10			789.80	OCT. 7
						OCT.20
1984	795.10	FEB. 14			792.50	OCT. 20
		FEB. 16				OCT. 21
						OCT. 22
1985	799.50	NOV. 5	795.80	AUG. 18	792.60	MAY 14
				AUG. 19
1986	795.00				790.80	AUG. 15
1987	799.53	APR. 17	799.26	SEP. 8	792.90	AUG. 27
			798.35	APR. 26
			796.25	MAR. 2
1988	795.00				790.75	DEC. 13
1989	795.30	MAY 6			790.84	FEB. 17
1990	796.09	OCT. 23			793.33	JUL. 6
1991	795.00				790.34	NOV. 6
1992	797.46	APR. 22			791.44	FEB. 2
1993	796.56	MAR. 5			791.48	NOV. 18
1994	795.41	MAR. 29			791.92	NOV. 1
1995	796.31	JUN. 29	795.14	JUN. 24	791.11	OCT. 3
1996	796.56	SEPT. 7	795.63	JAN. 20	792.88	FEB. 7
1997	795.00				791.55	OCT. 24
1998	795.83	JAN. 28	795.45	FEB. 5	789.11	DEC.9
1999	795.07	DEC. 20	795.03	APR. 12	789.72	JAN. 05
2000	795.17	APR. 19	795.09	APR. 20	*791.59	NOV. 27
2001	795.09	MAR. 18			788.52	NOV. 28
2002	795.08	DEC. 16			788.83	JAN. 11
2003	796.15	FEB. 23			793.13	MAY. 9
2004	797.42	SEP. 29			793.10	FEB.20
			797.10	SEP.30
			796.97	SEP.28
			796.01	OCT.01
			795.11	APR.19
2005	795.09	FEB. 16			791.85	OCT.5
2006	795.09	SEP. 12			791.47	JUN. 22
2007	795.06	JAN. 1			789.57	OCT. 23
2008	795.01	MAR. 15			789.54	DEC. 10
2009	796.91	NOV. 13			791.61	OCT. 24