Reservoir · North Dakota · United States · BOR RISE
Audubon Lake North Dakota
93.1% full
Capacity
427.3 hm³
Volume stored
398 hm³
Vs month average
103% of normal
Coordinates
47.611°N, 101.266°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
93.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
93.1% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 90.5% for October across 6 years of readings (+2.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Audubon Lake North Dakota's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. North Dakota drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 47.611°N, 101.266°W · Open in Google Maps
About Audubon Lake North Dakota
As of October 27, 2026, Audubon Lake North Dakota is filled to 93.1% of its total capacity, holding 397.99 hm³ of water out of a maximum 427.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Audubon Lake North Dakota — 1754 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 75.3% (October 29, 2021) to a high of 98.8% (May 12, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 47.611°N, 101.266°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 397.99 hm³
- Total capacity
- 427.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 47.611°N, 101.266°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 93.1% | 397.99 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 398.9 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 399.13 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 399.13 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 93.1% | 397.76 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 400.04 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 400.04 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 400.26 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 400.72 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 400.49 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 400.72 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 400.72 |