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Black Hawk Lake water level today

Lake in Sac County, Iowa

8.06ft
2.46 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much above normal for the dateSteady
24 hours
0.00 ft
7 days
▲ 0.05 ft
30 days
▲ 0.39 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
2.76 ft

What this means

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 1 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.05 ft in 7 days and risen 0.39 ft in 30 days.

Since 1970, the lowest daily level was -0.05 ft (Jan 2001) and the highest 9.15 ft (Mar 2019).

Black Hawk Lake level chart

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)

Same date in past years

DateLevelvs today
Oct 21, 20257.36 ft▼ 0.70 ft
Oct 21, 20246.81 ft▼ 1.25 ft
Oct 21, 20236.10 ft▼ 1.96 ft
Oct 21, 20226.14 ft▼ 1.92 ft
Oct 21, 20216.24 ft▼ 1.82 ft
Oct 21, 20206.48 ft▼ 1.58 ft
Oct 21, 20197.94 ft▼ 0.12 ft
Oct 21, 20188.11 ft▲ 0.05 ft
Oct 21, 20177.66 ft▼ 0.40 ft
Oct 21, 20167.89 ft▼ 0.17 ft

Records & details

Highest
9.15 ft on Mar 15, 2019
Lowest
-0.05 ft on Jan 21, 2001
Records from
1970 (56 years of daily data)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

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