Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Salt Creek Dam 9
58.9% full
Capacity
2.36 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Vs month average
91% of normal
Coordinates
40.604°N, 96.636°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
58.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
91%of normal
58.9% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 64.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Salt Creek Dam 9'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. 40.604°N, 96.636°W · Open in Google Maps
About Salt Creek Dam 9
As of October 28, 2026, Salt Creek Dam 9 is filled to 58.9% of its total capacity, holding 1.39 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.36 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 (-0.8 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Salt Creek Dam 9 — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 55.1% (August 12, 2026) to a high of 84.3% (October 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.604°N, 96.636°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 58.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.39 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.36 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 40.604°N, 96.636°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 1.39 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 1.39 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 1.39 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 58.9% | 1.39 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 59.3% | 1.4 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 59.7% | 1.41 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 59.7% | 1.41 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 59.7% | 1.41 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 60.2% | 1.42 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 60.6% | 1.43 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 1.44 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 61.4% | 1.45 |