Pawnee Lake water level today
Reservoir in Lancaster, Nebraska · North Branch Middle Creek
1,244.75ft
379.40 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much above normal for the dateSteady
What this means
It is higher than on Oct 21 in every one of the last 10 years on record.
The lake has fallen 0.04 ft in 7 days and risen 0.26 ft in 30 days.
Since 1989, the lowest daily level was 1,217.76 ft (Jul 2001) and the highest 1,270.54 ft (Oct 1992).
Pawnee Lake level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 1,242.50 ft | ▼ 2.25 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1,241.90 ft | ▼ 2.85 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 1,241.61 ft | ▼ 3.14 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1,242.74 ft | ▼ 2.01 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 1,243.71 ft | ▼ 1.04 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 1,243.96 ft | ▼ 0.79 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 1,244.67 ft | ▼ 0.08 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 1,244.42 ft | ▼ 0.33 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 1,244.49 ft | ▼ 0.26 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 1,242.98 ft | ▼ 1.77 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 1,270.54 ft on Oct 6, 1992
- Lowest
- 1,217.76 ft on Jul 15, 2001
- Records from
- 1989 (37 years of daily data)
- Storage
- 6,861 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 1.7 cfs (0.05 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 9.1 cfs (0.26 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here