Green Lake lake and shoreline

Green Lake Water Level

Officially Green Lake (Wisconsin)

Wisconsin

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Green Lake is currently at a water-surface elevation of 796.6 feet.

796.58 ft · Updated 2 hours ago · U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Current level

796.58ft

Status unavailable

A verified operating range is not available for this lake.

Since last reading

Down 0.01 ft

Previous readingSep 9796.65 ft

7-day change

Down 0.01 ft

7-day trend: Falling

4 daily readings in the last 7 days

30-day change

Down 0.01 ft

4 daily readings in the last 30 days

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Water Level History

Elevation (ft) Water-surface elevation (ft)

797 ft797 ft797 ftSep 8Sep 11

Level status

Summary updating

This comparison needs the current level and full pool. We use the live feed when present, otherwise the latest daily summary when it includes a pool comparison.

DatumVertical reference for published pool and stage elevations at this lake (from the lake catalog).
Water-surface elevation (ft)
Elevation reference
Not available
Source
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Reference levels

No published reference elevations for this lake.

Watershed drought

Abnormally Dry

Abnormally dry (D0), not official drought.

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Improving

Watershed drought conditions

Green Lake County, WI

Abnormally Dry

Abnormally Dry. The surrounding county is abnormally dry, which is not official drought.. Trend: Improving compared with last week. Official drought no

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Improving

Compared with last week

Official drought

No

Current conditions are classified as Abnormally Dry (D0), which is not considered official drought.

U.S. Drought Monitor · map date Sep 8, 2026. Updated weekly. droughtmonitor.unl.eduView drought map for Green Lake County, WI

Daily level summary

  • Sep 10, 2026

    796.64 ft

    -0.01 ft

  • Sep 9, 2026

    796.65 ft

    0 ft

  • Sep 8, 2026

    796.65 ft

    0 ft

  • Sep 7, 2026

    796.65 ft

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Common questions about Green Lake’s water level

  • The current water level at Green Lake is 796.58 ft (updated 2 hours ago). You can track the Green Lake lake level on the interactive chart and daily history above.

  • The current 7-day trend for the Green Lake lake level is falling. See the history chart above for the full picture.

  • Readings refresh when U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) publishes new gauge data — typically daily for most reservoirs. The timestamp above the chart shows when the latest observation arrived on Lake Insights.

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Definitions for pool targets, datums, and how elevation readings are labeled.

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