Alum Fork Saline River at Winona Dam at Reform water level

What this means

Alum Fork Saline River at Winona Dam at Reform is far below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 27.31 ft.

That puts it 5.21 ft below the median of 32.52 ft for mid-October, based on 7 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 33.13 ft (−5.82 ft).

It has dropped 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 27.31 ft and 29.61 ft.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt. The sensor also reports a water temperature of 69 °F.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

32.52 ft5.21 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

31.66 ft – 37.44 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

33.13 ft−5.82 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

27.31 ft – 29.61 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

26.77 ft – 35.02 ft