Water report · Walker Lake
Walker Lake water level
Below normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 22% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
Walker Lake water level history
What this means
3,915.41 ft puts Walker Lake in the 22nd percentile for August 13, against 22 years of record.
The median for this date is 3,920.22 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 3,916.34 and 3,927.66.
Over the last 7 days, Walker Lake held between 3,915.42 and 3,915.52 ft, lowest on Aug 13 and highest on Aug 7.
That is 0.10 ft lower than on Aug 7.
Over the last 30 days, Walker Lake held between 3,915.42 and 3,915.93 ft, lowest on Aug 13 and highest on Jul 15.
That is 0.51 ft lower than on Jul 15.
Over the last 90 days, Walker Lake held between 3,915.42 and 3,916.75 ft, lowest on Aug 13 and highest on May 16.
That is 1.33 ft lower than on May 16.
Over the last 12 months, Walker Lake held between 3,915.42 and 3,918.76 ft, lowest on Aug 13 and highest on Aug 13.
That is 3.34 ft lower than on Aug 13.
Storage, past 30 days
1,166,000 to 1,181,000 acre-feet over the window.
On this water
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 10288500, WALKER LAKE NR HAWTHORNE, NV, 3.2 miles from the centre of Walker Lake. 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 10288500, WALKER LAKE NR HAWTHORNE, NV, 3.2 miles from the centre of Walker Lake. It reports storage and 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.
Walker Lake fishing records
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.
See the Walker Lake record book