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Canyon Ferry Reservoir water level today

Reservoir in Lewis and Clark, Montana · Missouri River

3,784.54ft
1,153.53 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▼ 12.46 ft
24 hours
▲ 0.03 ft
7 days
▲ 0.11 ft
30 days
▼ 0.81 ft
Normal for Oct 22 ?
3,785.98 ft

What this means

Canyon Ferry Reservoir is 12.46 ft below its full pool of 3,797.00 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 22 in 6 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.11 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.81 ft in 30 days.

Since 1989, the lowest daily level was 3,666.73 ft (May 1991) and the highest 4,716.98 ft (Jul 1991).

Canyon Ferry Reservoir level chart

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

Same date in past years

DateLevelvs today
Oct 22, 20253,782.59 ft▼ 1.95 ft
Oct 22, 20243,783.73 ft▼ 0.81 ft
Oct 22, 20233,790.55 ft▲ 6.01 ft
Oct 22, 20223,784.64 ft▲ 0.10 ft
Oct 22, 20213,779.40 ft▼ 5.14 ft
Oct 22, 20203,785.73 ft▲ 1.19 ft
Oct 22, 20193,789.07 ft▲ 4.53 ft
Oct 22, 20183,789.42 ft▲ 4.88 ft
Oct 22, 20173,786.42 ft▲ 1.88 ft
Oct 22, 20163,784.24 ft▼ 0.30 ft

Records & details

Highest
4,716.98 ft on Jul 7, 1991
Lowest
3,666.73 ft on May 14, 1991
Records from
1989 (37 years of daily data)
Full pool
3,797.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Outflow
2,966 cfs (84.0 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon70°F · Sunny
Wind SE 9 mph
Tonight43°F · Mostly Clear
Wind ESE 6 mph
Thursday71°F · Sunny
Wind ESE 5 to 10 mph
Thursday Night44°F · Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain
Wind ESE 5 mph
Friday53°F · Rain
Wind W 3 to 16 mph
Friday Night29°F · Rain And Snow then Mostly Cloudy
Wind WNW 8 to 16 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 2 h ago.