Water report · Lake Taneycomo
Well above normal for mid September, and filling this week. Above 90% of past September 13s on record.
Updated 12:45 AM UTC, Sep 13
701.51 ft puts Lake Taneycomo in the 90th percentile for September 13, against 21 years of record.
The median for this date is 700.72 ft, and half of all September 13s on record fell between 700.52 and 700.94.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Taneycomo held between 700.92 and 701.89 ft, lowest on Sep 12 and highest on Sep 10.
That is 0.06 ft higher than on Sep 7.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Taneycomo held between 700.86 and 702.09 ft, lowest on Aug 30 and highest on Aug 16.
That is 0.24 ft lower than on Aug 15.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Taneycomo held between 700.59 and 702.41 ft, lowest on Jul 7 and highest on Jun 24.
That is 0.89 ft lower than on Jun 16.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Taneycomo held between 700.39 and 702.50 ft, lowest on Apr 28 and highest on Jan 26.
That is 0.51 ft higher than on Sep 13.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 07053820, Lake Taneycomo at Ozark Beach Dam, MO, 3.4 miles from the center of Lake Taneycomo. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 07053820, Lake Taneycomo at Ozark Beach Dam, MO, 3.4 miles from the center of Lake Taneycomo. It reports reservoir elevation. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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