Lake Springfield lake and shoreline

Lake Springfield Water Level

Illinois

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Lake Springfield

Current level

No public live gage

USGS, the Corps, and other public feeds do not publish a pool elevation for this lake. Conservation-pool and datum values from the catalog may still appear below.

Since last reading

No prior reading

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

Prior reading unavailable

7-day change

Insufficient 7-day history

7-day change is shown once at least a week of daily data is on file.

Insufficient history for 7-day trend

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30-day change

Insufficient 30-day history

30-day change is shown once 30 days of daily history are available.

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Water Level History

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.

Reference line is designed full pool.

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Lake Springfield Level Details

Reference elevations, recent daily readings, data sources, and answers to common questions.

Conditions & Reference

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
Not available

Reference levels

No published reference elevations for this lake.

Surrounding county drought

Abnormally Dry

Dominant category Abnormally Dry (D0); not counted as official drought.

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Worsening

Surrounding county drought

Sangamon County, IL

Abnormally Dry

Abnormally Dry. The largest share of Sangamon County, IL is Abnormally Dry (D0), which the U.S. Drought Monitor does not count as official drought. These figures describe the surrounding county from the lake location, not the lake itself.. Trend: Worsening compared with last week. Official drought (D1–D4) no

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Worsening

Compared with last week

Official drought (D1–D4)

No

Abnormally Dry (D0) is present in the surrounding county, but D0 is not counted as official drought (D1–D4).

U.S. Drought Monitor · map date Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly. Official drought means U.S. Drought Monitor categories D1–D4 (Moderate through Exceptional). Abnormally Dry (D0) is not counted as official drought. droughtmonitor.unl.eduView drought map for Sangamon County, IL

Daily level summary

Daily history updating

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

Common questions about Lake Springfield’s water level

  • Lake Insights does not currently have a live gauge elevation for Lake Springfield. No public USGS or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pool gage is published for this lake, so a current Lake Springfield lake level is not shown.

  • Lake Springfield does not have a public live pool-elevation feed. Lake Insights only plots a current elevation when an official agency gage (USGS, Corps, NOAA, or a verified operator feed) is available.

Lake level glossary

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

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