Water report · Walker Lake
Below normal for late September, and holding this week. Above 19% of past September 22s on record.
Updated 11:15 AM UTC, Sep 22
3,914.64 ft puts Walker Lake in the 19th percentile for September 22, against 22 years of record.
The median for this date is 3,919.94 ft, and half of all September 22s on record fell between 3,916.73 and 3,927.16.
Over the last 7 days, Walker Lake held between 3,914.64 and 3,914.77 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Sep 16.
That is 0.13 ft lower than on Sep 16.
Over the last 30 days, Walker Lake held between 3,914.64 and 3,915.24 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Aug 24.
That is 0.60 ft lower than on Aug 24.
Over the last 90 days, Walker Lake held between 3,914.64 and 3,916.29 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Jun 25.
That is 1.65 ft lower than on Jun 25.
Over the last 12 months, Walker Lake held between 3,914.64 and 3,918.11 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Sep 22.
That is 3.47 ft lower than on Sep 22.
1,144,000 to 1,161,000 acre-feet over the window.
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 center 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.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 10288500, WALKER LAKE NR HAWTHORNE, NV, 3.2 miles from the center of Walker Lake. It reports reservoir elevation and storage. 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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