Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Winters Creek Lake
21.0% full
Capacity
2.26 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
35% of normal
Coordinates
41.958°N, 103.532°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
21.0%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-43.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
35%of normal
21.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 59.5% for October across 6 years of readings (-38.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D3extreme drought
The ground at Winters Creek Lake's coordinates falls inside the D3 area of 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: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.958°N, 103.532°W · Open in Google Maps
About Winters Creek Lake
As of October 26, 2026, Winters Creek Lake is filled to 21.0% of its total capacity, holding 0.47 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.26 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp), and it is 43.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Winters Creek Lake — 1950 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.9% (May 10, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (June 12, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 41.958°N, 103.532°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 21.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.47 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.26 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 43.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 41.958°N, 103.532°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 0.47 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 0.47 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 0.47 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 0.47 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 0.47 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 0.47 |