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Olive Creek Lake water level today

Reservoir in Lancaster, Nebraska · Olive Branch Salt Creek

1,330.16ft
405.43 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Below normal for the dateSteady
24 hours
▼ 0.04 ft
7 days
▲ 0.18 ft
30 days
▲ 4.69 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
1,333.27 ft

What this means

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 7 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.18 ft in 7 days and risen 4.69 ft in 30 days.

Since 2004, the lowest daily level was 1,325.46 ft (Jan 2026) and the highest 1,345.21 ft (May 2015).

Olive Creek 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, 20251,325.77 ft▼ 4.39 ft
Oct 21, 20241,327.50 ft▼ 2.66 ft
Oct 21, 20231,330.05 ft▼ 0.11 ft
Oct 21, 20221,332.26 ft▲ 2.10 ft
Oct 21, 20211,334.36 ft▲ 4.20 ft
Oct 21, 20201,334.29 ft▲ 4.13 ft
Oct 21, 20191,335.09 ft▲ 4.93 ft
Oct 21, 20181,335.08 ft▲ 4.92 ft
Oct 21, 20171,334.06 ft▲ 3.90 ft
Oct 21, 20161,333.51 ft▲ 3.35 ft

Records & details

Highest
1,345.21 ft on May 7, 2015
Lowest
1,325.46 ft on Jan 7, 2026
Records from
2004 (22 years of daily data)
Storage
395 acre-ft
Outflow
0.0 cfs (0.00 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon77°F · Sunny
Wind SSW 7 mph
Tonight52°F · Mostly Clear
Wind S 5 mph
Thursday78°F · Sunny
Wind S 3 to 13 mph
Thursday Night58°F · Mostly Clear
Wind SSE 8 to 13 mph
Friday79°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind S 13 to 21 mph
Friday Night62°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind S 17 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.

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