Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Hugh Butler Lake
Hugh Butler Lake and Red Willow Dam
38.2% full
Capacity
46.6 hm³
Volume stored
18 hm³
Vs month average
106% of normal
Coordinates
40.358°N, 100.667°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
38.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
38.2% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 36.2% for October across 6 years of readings (+2.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Hugh Butler 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. 40.358°N, 100.667°W · Open in Google Maps
About Hugh Butler Lake
As of October 27, 2026, Hugh Butler Lake is filled to 38.2% of its total capacity, holding 17.78 hm³ of water out of a maximum 46.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp), and it is 1.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hugh Butler Lake — 1825 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.3% (October 7, 2022) to a high of 50.0% (June 4, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.358°N, 100.667°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 38.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 17.78 hm³
- Total capacity
- 46.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.358°N, 100.667°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 38.2% | 17.78 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 38.2% | 17.79 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 38.2% | 17.81 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 38.2% | 17.78 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.7 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.71 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.71 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.7 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.7 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 38.2% | 17.81 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 38.3% | 17.83 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 38.0% | 17.73 |