Lake water level report
Buffalo - 86009000
Wright County
Water Level Data
Period of record: 07/01/1983 to 04/15/2025
# of readings: 888
Highest recorded: 919.65 ft (06/12/1997)
Highest known: 921.5 ft
Lowest recorded: 912.33 ft (09/04/1998)
Recorded range: 7.32 ft
Last reading: 914.65 ft (04/15/2025)
Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation: 914.73 ft
Datum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Download lake level data as: [dBase] [ASCII] (If you have trouble try right clicking on the appropriate link and choosing the "Save ... As" option.)
Last 10 years of data, click to enlarge.
Benchmarks
| Elevation: 921.26 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 07/18/1994 | Location: T120R26S36 |
| Description: Top of bolt head with round 2 1/2" washer (painted orange originally) in east end of north timber wheelguard of bridge on Co Rd 12 over channel between Buffalo and Mink Lakes. | |
| Elevation: 921.05 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 03/05/1946 | Location: T119R26S1 |
| Description: Brass plate on left upstream Co Rd 108 bridge abutment at the outlet of Deer Lake (86-0107). | |