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Sutton Lake water level today

Reservoir in Braxton, West Virginia · Elk River

921.06ft
280.74 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Above normal for the dateFalling
24 hours
▼ 0.46 ft
7 days
▼ 2.65 ft
30 days
▼ 6.45 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
919.42 ft

What this means

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 2 of the last 6 years.

The lake has fallen 2.65 ft in 7 days and fallen 6.45 ft in 30 days.

Since 2020, the lowest daily level was 895.16 ft (Jan 2021) and the highest 940.40 ft (Mar 2021).

Sutton 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, 2025912.16 ft▼ 8.90 ft
Oct 21, 2024922.05 ft▲ 0.99 ft
Oct 21, 2023919.94 ft▼ 1.12 ft
Oct 21, 2022921.13 ft▲ 0.07 ft
Oct 21, 2021914.88 ft▼ 6.18 ft
Oct 21, 2020918.81 ft▼ 2.25 ft

Records & details

Highest
940.40 ft on Mar 3, 2021
Lowest
895.16 ft on Jan 6, 2021
Records from
2020 (6 years of daily data)
Storage
58,356 acre-ft
Inflow
1,121 cfs (31.7 m³/s)
Outflow
1,352 cfs (38.3 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon65°F · Sunny
Wind N 1 mph
Tonight34°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Frost
Wind 0 mph
Thursday62°F · Patchy Frost then Sunny
Wind N 2 mph
Thursday Night34°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind N 1 mph
Friday65°F · Sunny
Wind N 2 mph
Friday Night34°F · Mostly Clear
Wind E 2 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 11 min ago.

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