Water level
Houghton Lake water level
Houghton Lake is at 1,137.80 ft as of Sep 9, 2026. Live readings, trend, history and what the level means for swimming and boat ramps.
Recent readings
Daily values from USGS gauge 442400084472801.
What this level means
Station 442400084472801, HOUGHTON LAKE NR HOUGHTON LAKE HEIGHTS, MI, publishes the water surface elevation used here. The last value stored here, 1,137.80 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Water level decides what is usable on the shoreline, from beach width to ramp access.
How this reading is taken
USGS gauge 442400084472801 measures the water surface and publishes the value continuously. This page stores the latest reading at build time and refreshes the record daily, so the figure above is a real measurement rather than a model or an estimate.
No operating agency publishes a full pool elevation for Houghton Lake that we can cite, so this page shows the reading and its trend without a percentage.
Elevations are given in feet above the gauge datum used by the operating agency. Two lakes are only comparable with each other through how full they are, not through their raw elevation, because each dam sits at a different height.
Water level questions
What is the current water level at Houghton Lake?
The latest reading is 1,137.80 ft, from USGS gauge 442400084472801.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.