Prior Lake lake and shoreline

Prior Lake Water Level

Minnesota

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The latest available reading shows Prior Lake at a water-surface elevation of 902.1 feet.

902.09 ft · Updated Apr 6 · Minnesota DNR

Current level

902.09ft

Status unavailable

A verified operating range is not available for this lake.

Since last reading

No prior reading

Change appears once we have two daily level summaries on file.

Prior reading unavailable

7-day change

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Insufficient history for 7-day trend

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30-day change

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Water Level History

Elevation (ft) Water-surface elevation (ft)

No live elevation history

This lake has no public live pool gage, so Lake Insights cannot plot a water-level history. Published conservation or full-pool elevation may still appear in the panels below.

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
Minnesota DNR

Reference levels

No published reference elevations for this lake.

Watershed drought

Moderate Drought

64.4% of watershed in official drought (D1+).

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Stable

Watershed drought conditions

Scott County, MN

Moderate Drought

Moderate Drought. Moderate drought is affecting the watershed.. Trend: Stable compared with last week. Official drought yes

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Stable

Compared with last week

Official drought

Yes

64.4% of the watershed is currently classified as official drought (D1+).

Expected impacts

  • Stream inflows may run below normal
  • Lake levels can decline faster between rain events
  • Vegetation stress may increase over time

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

Daily level summary

Daily history updating

Daily rows will appear here as level summaries are recorded for this lake.

Common questions about Prior Lake’s water level

  • The current water level at Prior Lake is 902.09 ft (updated apr 6). You can track the Prior Lake lake level on the interactive chart and daily history above.

  • Readings refresh when Minnesota DNR publishes new gauge data — typically daily for most reservoirs. The timestamp above the chart shows when the latest observation arrived on Lake Insights.

Lake level glossary

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

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