Leech Lake Water Level Remains Low

The water level in Leech Lake is well below where it was a year ago, and significantly lower than it was in the spring of 2006. From April to June of last year we had relatively normal water levels in the lake. But the lack of rainfall during the summer, and the unseasonably hot temperatures, led to extensive evaporation and thus the lowering of the lake's water level. Click here to see a graph of the water level in Leech Lake during the past 12 months. The graph is from the Army Corps of Engineers at Federal Dam, MN.