Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Salt Creek Dam 12
61.6% full
Capacity
3.33 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
Vs month average
97% of normal
Coordinates
40.767°N, 96.846°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
61.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
61.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 63.5% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Salt Creek Dam 12'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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.767°N, 96.846°W · Open in Google Maps
About Salt Creek Dam 12
As of October 28, 2026, Salt Creek Dam 12 is filled to 61.6% of its total capacity, holding 2.05 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3.33 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Salt Creek Dam 12 — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.6% (September 14, 2026) to a high of 74.5% (October 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.767°N, 96.846°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.05 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3.33 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 40.767°N, 96.846°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 2.05 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 2.05 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 2.05 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 2.05 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 2.05 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 2.06 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 62.2% | 2.07 |