Swanson Lake water level today
Reservoir in Hitchcock, Nebraska · Republican River
2,734.03ft
833.33 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Normal for the date
What this means
Swanson Lake is 17.97 ft below its full pool of 2,752.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 9 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 0.07 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.23 ft in 30 days.
Since 1990, the lowest daily level was 2,724.30 ft (Aug 2002) and the highest 2,756.04 ft (May 1994).
Swanson 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 | 2,735.41 ft | ▲ 1.38 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 2,736.80 ft | ▲ 2.77 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 2,737.64 ft | ▲ 3.61 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 2,728.06 ft | ▼ 5.97 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 2,736.11 ft | ▲ 2.08 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 2,738.39 ft | ▲ 4.36 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 2,739.30 ft | ▲ 5.27 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 2,737.79 ft | ▲ 3.76 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 2,736.50 ft | ▲ 2.47 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 2,735.03 ft | ▲ 1.00 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 2,756.04 ft on May 7, 1994
- Lowest
- 2,724.30 ft on Aug 26, 2002
- Records from
- 1990 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 2,752.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 42,397 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 10.0 cfs (0.28 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 1.0 cfs (0.03 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
This Afternoon78°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind E 5 mph
Wind E 5 mph
Tonight50°F · Partly Cloudy then Areas Of Fog
Wind SE 5 mph
Wind SE 5 mph
Thursday81°F · Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny
Wind SE 5 to 20 mph
Wind SE 5 to 20 mph
Thursday Night60°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SE 15 to 20 mph
Wind SE 15 to 20 mph
Friday83°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
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.