Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Harry Strunk Lake
Harry Strunk Lake and Medicine Creek Dam
52.8% full
Capacity
44.04 hm³
Volume stored
23 hm³
Vs month average
90% of normal
Coordinates
40.378°N, 100.217°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
52.8%vs 7 days ago
+1.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-12.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
90%of normal
52.8% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 58.9% for October across 6 years of readings (-6.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Harry Strunk Lake's coordinates fall outside every category on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Nebraska drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.378°N, 100.217°W · Open in Google Maps
About Harry Strunk Lake
As of October 27, 2026, Harry Strunk Lake is filled to 52.8% of its total capacity, holding 23.24 hm³ of water out of a maximum 44.04 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.6 percentage points, and it is 12.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Harry Strunk Lake — 1825 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 36.0% (September 9, 2022) to a high of 102.2% (April 27, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.378°N, 100.217°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 52.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 23.24 hm³
- Total capacity
- 44.04 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.378°N, 100.217°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 52.8% | 23.24 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 52.5% | 23.14 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 51.8% | 22.83 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 51.7% | 22.76 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 51.7% | 22.76 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 51.6% | 22.72 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 22.64 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 22.55 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 51.1% | 22.49 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 50.7% | 22.35 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 50.7% | 22.33 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 50.6% | 22.28 |