Fairport water level

Name: Fairport water level (NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS))
Creator: NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS)
License: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/disclaimers.html

Lake, Lake Erie, Ohio, United States

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Surface elevation

571.68ft

Measured Oct 21, 2026, 07:54 PM EDT (15 min ago)

History

Not enough readings for a chart yet. History builds up with every update.

What this means

Fairport reads 571.68 ft as of Oct 21, 2026, 07:54 PM EDT. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this lake yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Highest on record: 575.10 ftJuly 3, 2019
Lowest on record: 568.81 ftJanuary 30, 2008

About this gauge

Nearest town: Fairport Harbor (1.2 km)

Town from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

On the water at Fairport

Watch the chart rather than the single number; it shows whether the shoreline is moving.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

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 07:46 AM Sunset 06:35 PM Daylight 10 hr, 49 min Waxing gibbous 81%

Map

Other gauges on Lake Erie

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	Distance
ClevelandLake, Lake Erie	571.71 ft	Below flood stage	24 mi
Erie, Lake ErieLake, Lake Erie	571.43 ft	Below flood stage	68 mi
MarbleheadLake, Lake Erie	571.85 ft	Below flood stage	76 mi

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Grand River near Painesville OHRiver gauge, Grand River	1.66 ft	Below flood stage	+0.08 ft	3.9 mi
Chagrin River at Willoughby OHRiver gauge, Chagrin River	3.27 ft	Below flood stage	−0.03 ft	11 mi
Unnamed trib to Chagrin R at Mayfield Village OHRiver gauge, Unnamed trib to Chagrin R	0.76 ft	Normal	±0	17 mi
Euclid Creek at Cleveland OHRiver gauge, Euclid Creek	9.5 cfs	Low	+1.4 cfs	19 mi
Euclid Creek at South Euclid OHRiver gauge, Euclid Creek	0.20 ft	Very low	−0.01 ft	20 mi
Unnamed tributary to Chagrin R at Pepper Pike OHRiver gauge, Unnamed tributary to Chagrin R	6.28 ft	Normal	±0	22 mi
Doan Brook at MLK Jr Dr at Cleveland OHRiver gauge, Doan Brook	1.68 ft	Low	+0.01 ft	24 mi
Mill Creek at Garfield Pkwy at Garfield Heights OHRiver gauge, Mill Creek	1.53 ft	Below flood stage	+0.04 ft	28 mi

Questions and answers

Is Fairport really 571.68 ft deep?

No. 571.68 ft is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

Where exactly is Fairport measured?

The gauge is about 1.2 km from Fairport Harbor, in Ohio.

How big is Fairport?

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

What is the water level of Fairport today?

On Oct 21, 2026, 07:54 PM EDT, the surface elevation was 571.68 ft.

Is the level of Fairport normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Fairport?

The highest level on record is 575.10 ft on July 3, 2019. The lowest is 568.81 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:9063053 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 41.75975, -81.28106 (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	571.68 ft	2026-10-21 23:54	Provisional

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How to cite

NOAA Tides & Currents (CO-OPS): Fairport (noaa-coops:9063053). Accessed October 22, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-states/ohio/fairport

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