Lake Nighthorse water level today
Reservoir in Colorado
6,880.36ft
2,097.13 m · EGM96
Measured · provisional
24 hours
▲ 0.09 ft
7 days
▲ 0.03 ft
30 days
–
What this means
The lake has risen 0.03 ft in 7 days.
Since 2026, the lowest daily level was 6,880.13 ft (Oct 2026) and the highest 6,880.36 ft (Oct 2026).
Lake Nighthorse level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Records & details
- Highest
- 6,880.36 ft on Oct 21, 2026
- Lowest
- 6,880.13 ft on Oct 12, 2026
- Records from
- 2026 (0 years of daily data)
- Storage
- 112,643 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 70.2 cfs (1.99 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Ridges Basin Dam
- Height
- 273 ft
- Completed
- 2008
- Purposes
- Water Supply
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
- Normal storage
- 121,070 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,548 acres
National Inventory of Dams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). All dam facts →
Boat ramps on Lake Nighthorse
1 ramps without a name, on the map: 1
1 ramp listed. Links open the ramp's location on OpenStreetMap. Check the managing agency for closures, especially at low water. All Colorado boat ramps →
Campgrounds near Lake Nighthorse
- Junction Creek Campground
Federal campgrounds from Recreation.gov; straight-line distance from the lake's gauge or dam.
Weather & wind
This Afternoon59°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind SW 5 mph
Wind SW 5 mph
Tonight40°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind N 0 to 10 mph
Wind N 0 to 10 mph
Saturday57°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind ESE 10 mph
Wind ESE 10 mph
Saturday Night39°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind ENE 0 to 10 mph
Wind ENE 0 to 10 mph
Sunday54°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind SE 0 to 5 mph
Wind SE 0 to 5 mph
Sunday Night33°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind NW 0 to 5 mph
Wind NW 0 to 5 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 25 min ago.