Cleveland water level

Name: Cleveland water level (NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS))
Creator: NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS)
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Lake, Lake Erie, Ohio, United States

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Below flood stage

Surface elevation

571.71ft

Measured Oct 21, 2026, 07:54 PM EDT (10 min ago)

History

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What this means

Nothing unusual at Cleveland right now: the lake level of 571.71 ft is in the normal range.

It is 4.82 ft below the flood stage of 576.53 ft.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Judged against the official flood stage for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Highest on record: 575.34 ftJuly 10, 2020
Lowest on record: 567.78 ftJanuary 30, 2008

About this gauge

Nearest town: Bratenahl (0.8 km)

Town from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

Swimming and boating at Cleveland

At a normal level, ramps and marinas generally run as usual, and fishing tends to follow the season more than the water level.

If you swim, pick a spot with an easy way out, and remember that drop-offs move as the level changes.

About Lake Erie

Surface area: 9,949 mi²
Volume: 404,546,486 acre-ft
Mean depth: 63.6 ft
Elevation: 564 ft

Facts from HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0)

Weather at the gauge

The forecast is not available right now.

Sunrise 07:47 AM Sunset 06:36 PM Daylight 10 hr, 49 min Waxing gibbous 81%

Map

Other gauges on Lake Erie

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	Distance
FairportLake, Lake Erie	571.68 ft	No reference yet	24 mi
MarbleheadLake, Lake Erie	571.85 ft	Below flood stage	57 mi
Fermi Power PlantLake, Lake Erie	571.96 ft	Below flood stage	88 mi
Erie, Lake ErieLake, Lake Erie	571.43 ft	Below flood stage	91 mi

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Doan Brook at MLK Jr Dr at Cleveland OHRiver gauge, Doan Brook	1.68 ft	Low	+0.01 ft	2.0 mi
Euclid Creek at Cleveland OHRiver gauge, Euclid Creek	9.5 cfs	Low	+1.4 cfs	4.9 mi
Euclid Creek at South Euclid OHRiver gauge, Euclid Creek	0.20 ft	Very low	−0.01 ft	6 mi
Mill Creek at Garfield Pkwy at Garfield Heights OHRiver gauge, Mill Creek	1.53 ft	Below flood stage	+0.04 ft	8 mi
Big Creek at Cleveland OHRiver gauge, Big Creek	2.10 ft	Below flood stage	−0.01 ft	8 mi
Mill Creek at Garfield Hts OHRiver gauge, Mill Creek	7.8 cfs	Normal	−0.4 cfs	8 mi
West Creek at Brooklyn Heights OHRiver gauge, West Creek	2.4 cfs	Low	−0.2 cfs	9 mi
East Branch Big Creek at Brooklyn OHRiver gauge, East Branch Big Creek	7.2 cfs	Normal	+0.2 cfs	9 mi

Questions and answers

Is Cleveland really 571.71 ft deep?

No. 571.71 ft is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

Where is the Cleveland gauge?

The gauge is about 0.8 km from Bratenahl, in Ohio.

How big is Cleveland?

It covers 9,949 mi² and holds about 404,546,486 acre-ft of water when full.

What is the water level of Cleveland today?

On Oct 21, 2026, 07:54 PM EDT, the surface elevation was 571.71 ft.

Is the level of Cleveland normal?

Below flood stage. Judged against the official flood stage for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Cleveland?

The highest level on record is 575.34 ft on July 10, 2020. The lowest is 567.78 ft on January 30, 2008.

How often is this data updated?

NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS)
Station code: noaa-coops:9063063 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 41.54086, -81.63547 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: IGLD85
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: Public domain. Data: NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS); preliminary data subject to revision

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Surface elevation	571.71 ft	2026-10-21 23:54	Provisional

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NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS): Cleveland (noaa-coops:9063063). Accessed October 22, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-states/ohio/cleveland

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer