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Lake Level
Live US lake and reservoir levels, read from the agency gauge.
Free. No paid tier, no key. Source on GitHub
What you get
Check the ramp before a weekend trip
Boat owner in Austin, Texas
| Tool call | What it did |
|---|---|
| search_lakes | Finds Lake Travis and its gauge |
| get_lake_level | Returns current elevation, 24 h, 7 day and 30 day change, and feet below full pool |
Today's elevation with its time stamp, the 7-day change, feet below full pool and the agency data URL.
Ask how full Lake Travis or Lake Mead is today. It reads the official gauge at call time and tells you the elevation, the change this week and month, and how far it sits below full pool. It covers 44 lakes in 12 US states.
Made for Boaters and anglers, Lakefront owners, Marina staff, Water reporters
3 requests, start to finish
Example chats. Each one uses real tools of this server, named as they run. The people and firms are made up.
Lake Level is free. Pro on the other 49 paid servers: $39 once. Free vs Pro
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Example 1 · Boat owner in Austin, TexasCheck the ramp before a weekend trip
Is Lake Travis high enough this weekend? How much has it moved in the last 7 days?search_lakesFinds Lake Travis and its gaugeget_lake_levelReturns current elevation, 24 h, 7 day and 30 day change, and feet below full pool
Today's elevation with its time stamp, the 7-day change, feet below full pool and the agency data URL.
Saves about 10 min (our estimate)
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Example 2 · Reporter in Las Vegas, NevadaShow a year of drawdown
Give me Lake Mead's weekly level for the last 365 days with the low and the high.get_lake_historyReturns a weekly series for 365 days with first, last, low, high and mean
52 weekly readings plus low, high and mean, ready to chart, with the Reclamation source URL.
Saves about 30 min (our estimate)
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Example 3 · Marina manager in GeorgiaCompare lakes on one chain
Compare Lake Lanier, Lake Texoma and Kentucky Lake. Which is furthest below full pool?compare_lakesRanks the three lakes by feet below full pool
A ranked table with elevation, feet below full pool and the seasonal target where one is published. A down gauge is reported, not fatal.
Saves about 15 min (our estimate)
Free, every tool
Free
$0 no key
Limits read from the code: satellites/lake-level-mcp/src/tools.ts:39 (tool registry; /usr/bin/grep for license|isPro|MCP_LICENSE in src finds nothing)
Install
Works with Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients. The hosted URL needs no install at all.
npm lake-level-mcp
Paste this URL as a custom connector in your MCP client. No token, no sign-in.
Connector URL
https://lake-level-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp
Add this to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code). Needs Node.js.
{
"mcpServers": {
"lake-level": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"lake-level-mcp"
]
}
}
} One command in your terminal.
claude mcp add --transport http lake-level https://lake-level-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp # or run it locally claude mcp add lake-level -- npx -y lake-level-mcp
All tools (4)
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_lakes | Covered lakes by name, river, operator or state, with slug, full pool and gauge. |
get_lake_level | Current elevation, measurement time, change over 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days, feet below full pool, the operator seasonal target where one is published, percent full where the agency publishes storage, gauge id and... |
get_lake_history | Daily or weekly elevation series for up to 365 days, with first, last, low, high and mean. |
compare_lakes | 2 to 10 lakes side by side, ranked by feet below full pool. |
Questions
Which lakes are covered?
Where does the data come from?
Does it cover lakes outside the US?
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