Nebraska lake & reservoir water levels
Nebraska has 1 lake or reservoir tracked here — 1 with a current elevation reading, from USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data. Sort the table by level, storage, %-full, or trend, then open any lake for its full elevation-with-datum, trend sparkline, storage, and source-and-vintage stamp. Figures are provisional readings for reference — not for navigation or safety decisions.
- Lakes tracked
- 1
- With elevation reading
- 1
- With %-full figure
- 0
1 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.
All Nebraska lakes
Every lake tracked in Nebraska. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by name. Elevation lakes are listed before storage-only lakes; a missing figure always shows "not reported," never an estimate.
| Datum | Trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan County Lake | 1,936.44 | NGVD29 | 205,200 | — | ↓Falling |
Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-07-14. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).
Frequently asked questions
- How many lakes and reservoirs in Nebraska are tracked here?
- 1, of which 1 report a current pool-elevation reading. The rest report storage only, or lack a fresh reading and are not published.
- Which Nebraska lakes report a %-full figure?
- None of Nebraska's lakes in this dataset currently have a source-provided %-full figure — we show the bare level rather than estimate one.
- Where does the data come from?
- USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data, both public domain. See the methodology page for the exact endpoints and update cadence.
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Read the methodology behind these figures, or search all lakes nationally from the home page.