Great Salt Lake Shorelines
Seen from space · every fall, 1985–2026
Great Salt Lake Shorelines
1985–2026
✕ All years
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Too low
Higher
Cloudy year
Gap filled in
That fall
Healthy, 4,198 ft
Missing water
About the data
Each ring is the average fall shoreline (Sep 1 – Nov 15), traced from cloud-free Landsat images.
Healthy range starts at 4,198 ft (Utah DNR). Lake level from the USGS Saltair gauge.
Water needed comes from USGS lakebed volume tables. No outline for 2025.
Sources: USGS Landsat via Esri Living Atlas, processed in ArcGIS Pro; USGS lake levels.