Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Salt Creek Dam 14
88.4% full
Capacity
9.66 hm³
Volume stored
9 hm³
Vs month average
94% of normal
Coordinates
40.839°N, 96.867°W
Last updated
2026-10-15
Current fill
88.4%vs 7 days ago
-3.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
88.4% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 94.2% for October across 3 years of readings (-5.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 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: 2026-10-15.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.839, -96.867 · Open in Google Maps
About Salt Creek Dam 14
As of October 15, 2026, Salt Creek Dam 14 is filled to 88.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 9 hm³ of water out of a maximum 10 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Salt Creek Dam 14 — 330 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 81.8% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 105.0% (October 1, 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 lies within the Nebraska basin at 40.839°N, 96.867°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.4%
- Water stored
- 9 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Nebraska
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 40.839°N, 96.867°W
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 88.4% | 9 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 87.9% | 8 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 88.2% | 9 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 9 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 9 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 90.0% | 9 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 90.7% | 9 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 9 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 9 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 95.7% | 9 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 10 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 103.6% | 10 |