Nebraska · Bureau of Reclamation (Enders Dam)

Enders Reservoir water level

Today's reading against full pool and Enders Reservoir's own seasonal history.

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FULL POOL 3080 3090 3100 3110
Elevation, feet (project datum)

as of August 26, 2026

3080.94 ft project datum

level 31.4 ft below full pool — unusually low for late August

Reading comes straight from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data (USACE series ENDS.Elev.Inst.1Day.0.Best-NWK) and updates live when you load this page.


Enders Reservoir through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1990–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 3080 3090 3100 3110 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1990–2026 · elevation, feet (project datum)

This year vs the years that matter

This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.

full pool 3080 3090 3100 3110 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 1997 (wettest on record)
  • 2022 (driest on record)

Full pool, datum, and the gauge

"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.

Full pool 3112.30 ft project datum · per Bureau of Reclamation (Enders Dam) full-pool reference
Conservation capacity 42,910 acre-feet · per Bureau of Reclamation (Enders Dam) capacity reference
Gauge USACE series ENDS.Elev.Inst.1Day.0.Best-NWK · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Access to Water data
Datum project datum — An irrigation reservoir with a deep drawdown cycle: the top of the conservation pool is 3,112.3 ft and the bottom of it is 3,080 ft, so a long way below full pool is normal here.
Last verified August 26, 2026

LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.

Quick answers

What is the lake level for Enders Reservoir today?

Enders Reservoir is at 3080.94 ft (project datum) as of August 26, 2026 — 31.4 ft below full pool — unusually low for late August.

Is Enders Reservoir full?

Not quite — at 3080.94 ft, Enders Reservoir is 31.4 ft below its full pool of 3112.30 ft (project datum).

What is full pool for Enders Reservoir?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Enders Reservoir is 3112.30 ft project datum, per Bureau of Reclamation (Enders Dam) full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.