USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06849000 Harlan County Lake near Republican City, Nebr.
LOCATION - Lat 40°04'20", long 99°12'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.11, T.1 N., R.17 W., Harlan County, NE, Hydrologic Unit 10250009, at left end of spillway on upstream side of Harlan County Dam on Republican River, 2 mi southeast of Republican City, and 8 mi southeast of Alma.
DRAINAGE AREA - 20,810 mi² of which 7,280 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1952 to current year. Prior to October 1965 published as Harlan County Reservoir near Republican City.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is at National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION - Reservoir Elevation-Capacity Table furnished by Corps of Engineers (revised Jan. 1, 2001).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents observed, 504,000 acre-ft, July 23, 2019, elevation, 1,958.18 ft; minimum since operation of reservoir began, 110,300 acre-ft, Oct. 22 to Nov. 6, 1953, elevation, 1,922.00 ft.
EXTREMES FOR 2017 WATER YEAR - Maximum contents, 262,400 acre-ft on June 05, elevation 1,941.71 ft; minimum contents, 192,900 acre-ft on October 25, elevation 1,935.22 ft.
RESERVOIR ELEVATION-CAPACITY TABLE
Elevation, Capacity, in Elevation, Capacity, in
in ft acre-ft in ft acre ft
------- --------- ------- ---------
1,928 125,700 1,940 242,500
1,930 141,900 1,945 304,400
1,935 188,300