Hugh Butler Lake water level today
Reservoir in Frontier, Nebraska · Red Willow Creek
2,564.68ft
781.71 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Normal for the date
What this means
Hugh Butler Lake is 17.12 ft below its full pool of 2,581.80 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 7 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 0.04 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.02 ft in 30 days.
Since 1990, the lowest daily level was 2,551.49 ft (Sep 2012) and the highest 2,583.02 ft (Jun 1995).
Hugh Butler 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 | 2,565.25 ft | ▲ 0.57 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 2,562.87 ft | ▼ 1.81 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 2,566.16 ft | ▲ 1.48 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 2,559.89 ft | ▼ 4.79 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 2,565.51 ft | ▲ 0.83 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 2,568.05 ft | ▲ 3.37 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 2,571.45 ft | ▲ 6.77 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 2,568.71 ft | ▲ 4.03 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 2,565.47 ft | ▲ 0.79 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 2,564.57 ft | ▼ 0.11 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 2,583.02 ft on Jun 15, 1995
- Lowest
- 2,551.49 ft on Sep 29, 2012
- Records from
- 1990 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 2,581.80 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 14,440 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 5.0 cfs (0.14 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 2.0 cfs (0.06 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
Tonight50°F · Partly Cloudy then Areas Of Fog
Wind SE 5 mph
Wind SE 5 mph
Thursday79°F · Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny
Wind SE 5 to 20 mph
Wind SE 5 to 20 mph
Thursday Night59°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SE 15 to 20 mph
Wind SE 15 to 20 mph
Friday82°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind S 20 to 30 mph
Wind S 20 to 30 mph
Friday Night59°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind S 20 to 25 mph
Wind S 20 to 25 mph
Saturday71°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind E 15 mph
Wind E 15 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.