B. A. Steinhagen Lake at Town Bluff water level

What this means

B. A. Steinhagen Lake at Town Bluff is below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 82.52 ft.

The median for mid-October is 82.72 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 0.20 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 82.77 ft, a difference of −0.25 ft.

It has dropped 0.21 ft over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 82.52 ft and 83.19 ft.

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

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

82.72 ft0.20 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

82.41 ft – 82.94 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

82.77 ft−0.25 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

82.52 ft – 83.19 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

81.52 ft – 83.21 ft

Highest on record

86.81 ftMay 1, 1984