Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Winters Creek Lake
27.6% full
Capacity
2.26 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Coordinates
41.958°N, 103.532°W
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
27.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-37.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Winters Creek Lake
As of September 8, 2026, Winters Creek Lake is filled to 27.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 37.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Winters Creek Lake — 1949 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 8, 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 October and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Nebraska basin at 41.958°N, 103.532°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.6%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 37.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Nebraska
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 41.958°N, 103.532°W
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 27.6% | 1 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 27.7% | 1 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 27.9% | 1 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 27.5% | 1 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 27.4% | 1 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 28.0% | 1 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 28.1% | 1 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 28.3% | 1 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 28.1% | 1 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 28.1% | 1 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 28.3% | 1 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 28.1% | 1 |