lake-level-mcp

Live water levels for 44 US lakes and reservoirs, read at call time from keyless government gauges (USGS, USACE CWMS, California CDEC, Reclamation RISE, Texas Water Development Board). Version 1.0.0.

Tools

search_lakesFind covered lakes and reservoirs by name, river or state. Returns slugs, full pool and the gauge behind each.
get_lake_levelCurrent elevation, 24 h / 7 day / 30 day change, feet from full pool and seasonal target, percent full where published.
get_lake_historyDaily or weekly elevation series for up to 365 days with low, high, mean and net change.
compare_lakesCurrent level of 2 to 10 lakes side by side, ranked by distance below full pool.

Connect

Hosted endpoint (Streamable HTTP, no token, no sign-up). Paste it into a Claude.ai custom connector or ChatGPT developer mode:

https://lake-level-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http lake-level https://lake-level-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Local stdio (Node 20+):

npx -y github:theluckystrike/lake-level-mcp

Source and install notes for Cursor and VS Code: github.com/theluckystrike/lake-level-mcp

Charts, boat ramp context and the paid Lake Level Almanac for each lake are on lakelevelnow.com.

Part of the Zovo MCP collection: https://mcp.zovo.one