Reservoir · Mississippi · United States · USACE CWMS
Arkabutla Lake
13.7% full
Capacity
293.99 hm³
Volume stored
40 hm³
Coordinates
34.757°N, 90.124°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
13.7%vs 7 days ago
+1.6%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-09-11.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Arkabutla Lake
As of September 11, 2026, Arkabutla Lake is filled to 13.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 40 hm³ of water out of a maximum 294 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Arkabutla Lake — 330 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.1% (August 3, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (March 1, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Mississippi basin at 34.757°N, 90.124°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 13.7%
- Water stored
- 40 hm³
- Total capacity
- 294 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Mississippi
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 34.757°N, 90.124°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 13.7% | 40 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 13.6% | 40 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 13.3% | 39 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 13.0% | 38 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 12.8% | 38 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 12.6% | 37 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 12.4% | 36 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 12.1% | 36 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 11.9% | 35 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 11.7% | 34 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 11.4% | 33 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 11.1% | 33 |