Cowanesque Lake water level

Current elevation
1080.32 ft
Reading as of
Sep 30, 2026

Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-01519995, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.

Cowanesque Lake's elevation is 1080.32 ft as of September 29, 2026. Cowanesque Lake is near Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.

Cowanesque Lake level history

Highest since 2016
1,100.47 ft
August 19, 2021
Lowest since 2016
1,077.33 ft
October 18, 2016
Data covers
2016 to today
from October 1, 2016

Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: USGS daily data.

Elevation, ft, since 2016

Cowanesque Lake elevation, feet, since 2016: 1077.42 ft on October 2, 2016, 1080.34 ft on September 28, 2026.

Cowanesque Lake is falling: 1080.34 ft, down 0.08 ft since September 27, 2026.

On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Cowanesque Lake was 1078.95 ft, 1.39 ft lower than today's 1080.34 ft.

Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).

Latest
1080.34 ft
September 28, 2026
Previous reading
1080.42 ft
September 27, 2026
Same date last year
1078.95 ft
September 28, 2025

Cowanesque Lake is at 41.9848, -77.1511. Open in OpenStreetMap.

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The dam

Height
151 ft
Built
1980
Surface area
1,050 acres
Shoreline
17 mi
Name
Cowanesque Dam
Operator
US Army Corps of Engineers

Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026 , recreation.gov/camping/gateways/184, accessed September 29, 2026

Data source: Recreation.gov

On the water

No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Cowanesque Lake yet.

Common questions

Cowanesque Lake's elevation is 1080.32 ft as of September 29, 2026.
In USGS daily data since October 1, 2016, Cowanesque Lake's highest elevation was 1,100.47 ft on August 19, 2021. Its lowest since October 1, 2016 was 1,077.33 ft on October 18, 2016. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
Cowanesque Lake is near Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania (41.9848, -77.1511).
US Army Corps of Engineers operates the dam at Cowanesque Lake.
Cowanesque Lake's dam is used for Flood control, Recreation, Water supply.