Current Readings:

  • Pool elevation is 597.26 feet on Wednesday 30Aug17 Time: 1400 hours.
  • At this elevation the total amount of water stored in Broken Bow Lake is 883482 acre-feet.
  • Reservoir release is 158 cubic feet per second on Tuesday 29Aug17 Time: 2400 hours.
  • Conservation pool is 85.59% full.
  • Conservation storage filled is 421746 acre-feet which is equivalent to 10.49 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.
  • Conservation storage empty is 71012 acre-feet which is equivalent to 1.77 inches of runoff over the entire drainage basin.

Gate Changes:

  • No Gate Changes have been made in the last 4 days.

Reservoir Data:

  Elevation Incremental Storage Cumulative Storage
  (feet) (inches) (acre-feet) (inches) (acre-feet)
Surcharge Pool: 632.50 2.00 80541 2.00 1430880
Flood Control Pool: 627.50 9.84 395845 33.58 1350339
Conservation Pool: * 602.50 12.25 492758 23.74 954494
Inactive Pool: 559.00 11.48 461736 11.48 461736

Streambed Elevation: 420.00 feet.
Top of Dam Elevation: 645.00 feet.
* Project has seasonal conservation pool.
All storages based on a contributing drainage area of 754 square miles.
Total drainage area for the lake is 754 square miles (including upstream projects).
Longitude: 94° 41' 0" Latitude: 34° 8' 35"

Graphs of Measured and Calculated Lake Parameters: