Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Salt Creek Dam 17
64.9% full
Capacity
1.7 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Vs month average
96% of normal
Coordinates
40.783°N, 96.637°W
Last updated
2026-10-15
Current fill
64.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.1%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
64.9% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 67.9% for October across 3 years of readings (-3.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Salt Creek Dam 17'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. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. 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. 40.783, -96.637 · Open in Google Maps
About Salt Creek Dam 17
As of October 15, 2026, Salt Creek Dam 17 is filled to 64.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 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 (+0.1 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Salt Creek Dam 17 — 330 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 47.8% (June 29, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (October 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Nebraska basin at 40.783°N, 96.637°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 64.9%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Nebraska
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 40.783°N, 96.637°W
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 64.9% | 1 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 62.6% | 1 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 1 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 62.8% | 1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 1 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 63.6% | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 64.1% | 1 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 64.8% | 1 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 1 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 67.3% | 1 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 69.8% | 1 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 73.9% | 1 |