Upper Red Lake lake and shoreline

Upper Red Lake Water Level

Minnesota

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Upper Red Lake is currently at a water-surface elevation of 1173.7 feet.

1173.69 ft · Updated 1 hour ago · U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Current level

1,173.69ft

Status unavailable

A verified operating range is not available for this lake.

Since last reading

Down 0.09 ft

Previous readingSep 91,173.93 ft

7-day change

Down 0.18 ft

7-day trend: Falling

4 daily readings in the last 7 days

30-day change

Down 0.18 ft

4 daily readings in the last 30 days

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Water Level History

Elevation (ft) Water-surface elevation (ft)

1174 ft1174 ft1174 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

Moderate Drought

43.5% of watershed in official drought (D1+).

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Improving

Watershed drought conditions

Beltrami County, MN

Moderate Drought

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

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Improving

Compared with last week

Official drought

Yes

43.5% 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 Beltrami County, MN

Daily level summary

  • Sep 10, 2026

    1,173.84 ft

    -0.09 ft

  • Sep 9, 2026

    1,173.93 ft

    -0.51 ft

  • Sep 8, 2026

    1,174.44 ft

    +0.42 ft

  • Sep 7, 2026

    1,174.02 ft

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Common questions about Upper Red Lake’s water level

  • The current water level at Upper Red Lake is 1,173.69 ft (updated 1 hour ago). You can track the Upper Red Lake lake level on the interactive chart and daily history above.

  • The current 7-day trend for the Upper Red Lake lake level is falling — falling about 0.18 ft over the past week. 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.

Lake level glossary

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

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