Cottonwood Springs Lake water level today
Reservoir in Fall River, South Dakota · Cottonwood Springs Creek
3,848.32ft
1,172.97 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much below normal for the dateSteady
What this means
Cottonwood Springs Lake is 26.68 ft below its full pool of 3,875.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in every one of the last 10 years on record.
The lake has fallen 0.10 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.40 ft in 30 days.
Since 2011, the lowest daily level was 3,848.29 ft (Jun 2026) and the highest 3,865.13 ft (May 2020).
Cottonwood Springs 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 | 3,853.09 ft | ▲ 4.77 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 3,857.05 ft | ▲ 8.73 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 3,859.41 ft | ▲ 11.09 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 3,858.55 ft | ▲ 10.23 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 3,861.23 ft | ▲ 12.91 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 3,863.18 ft | ▲ 14.86 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 3,864.21 ft | ▲ 15.89 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 3,854.65 ft | ▲ 6.33 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 3,855.31 ft | ▲ 6.99 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 3,858.91 ft | ▲ 10.59 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 3,865.13 ft on May 21, 2020
- Lowest
- 3,848.29 ft on Jun 10, 2026
- Records from
- 2011 (16 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 3,875.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 132 acre-ft
- Outflow
- 0.0 cfs (0.00 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
This Afternoon67°F · Sunny
Wind SE 9 mph
Wind SE 9 mph
Tonight50°F · Mostly Clear
Wind NE 1 to 8 mph
Wind NE 1 to 8 mph
Thursday77°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind SW 2 to 9 mph
Wind SW 2 to 9 mph
Thursday Night54°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind SE 5 mph
Wind SE 5 mph
Friday78°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind SW 3 to 14 mph
Wind SW 3 to 14 mph
Friday Night45°F · Chance Light Rain
Wind W 12 to 21 mph
Wind W 12 to 21 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 34 min ago.