Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Salt Creek Dam 14
86.6% full
Capacity
9.66 hm³
Volume stored
8 hm³
Vs month average
96% of normal
Coordinates
40.839°N, 96.867°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
86.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
86.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 90.1% for October across 2 years of readings (-3.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Salt Creek Dam 14'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. 40.839°N, 96.867°W · Open in Google Maps
About Salt Creek Dam 14
As of October 28, 2026, Salt Creek Dam 14 is filled to 86.6% of its total capacity, holding 8.37 hm³ of water out of a maximum 9.66 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Salt Creek Dam 14 — 327 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 81.8% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 103.6% (October 4, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.839°N, 96.867°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 86.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 8.37 hm³
- Total capacity
- 9.66 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 40.839°N, 96.867°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 86.6% | 8.37 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 8.38 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 87.0% | 8.4 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 87.0% | 8.4 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 8.41 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 8.42 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 8.45 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 8.45 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 8.47 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 8.5 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 88.1% | 8.51 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 8.55 |