Branched Oak Lake water level today
Reservoir in Lancaster, Nebraska · Oak Creek
1,284.54ft
391.53 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much above normal for the dateSteady
What this means
Branched Oak Lake is 0.54 ft above its full pool of 1,284.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 1 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 0.25 ft in 7 days and risen 0.58 ft in 30 days.
Since 1989, the lowest daily level was 1,270.79 ft (May 1992) and the highest 1,288.47 ft (Mar 2019).
Branched Oak Lake level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Full pool
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 1,283.95 ft | ▼ 0.59 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1,283.02 ft | ▼ 1.52 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 1,282.04 ft | ▼ 2.50 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1,282.85 ft | ▼ 1.69 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 1,283.99 ft | ▼ 0.55 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 1,283.39 ft | ▼ 1.15 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 1,284.14 ft | ▼ 0.40 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 1,284.37 ft | ▼ 0.17 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 1,284.64 ft | ▲ 0.10 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 1,284.23 ft | ▼ 0.31 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 1,288.47 ft on Mar 14, 2019
- Lowest
- 1,270.79 ft on May 16, 1992
- Records from
- 1989 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 1,284.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Outflow
- 34.0 cfs (0.96 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
This Afternoon77°F · Sunny
Wind SSW 6 mph
Wind SSW 6 mph
Tonight52°F · Mostly Clear
Wind SSW 3 mph
Wind SSW 3 mph
Thursday77°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind S 1 to 12 mph
Wind S 1 to 12 mph
Thursday Night58°F · Mostly Clear
Wind SSE 10 mph
Wind SSE 10 mph
Friday78°F · Sunny
Wind SSE 10 to 20 mph
Wind SSE 10 to 20 mph
Friday Night62°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind S 14 to 17 mph
Wind S 14 to 17 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.