Reservoir · Alabama · United States · USACE CWMS
Bankhead Lock and Dam
97.4% full
Capacity
365.6 hm³
Volume stored
356 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
33.458°N, 87.354°W
Last updated
2026-10-30
Current fill
97.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
97.4% full on 2026-10-30, against an average of 98.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Bankhead Lock and Dam's coordinates falls inside the D0 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Alabama drought figures →
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: 2026-10-30.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.458°N, 87.354°W · Open in Google Maps
About Bankhead Lock and Dam
As of October 30, 2026, Bankhead Lock and Dam is filled to 97.4% of its total capacity, holding 356.02 hm³ of water out of a maximum 365.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Bankhead Lock and Dam — 100 data points between October 31, 2021 and October 30, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 96.6% (September 25, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (November 27, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 33.458°N, 87.354°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 97.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 356.02 hm³
- Total capacity
- 365.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 33.458°N, 87.354°W
- Last updated
- October 30, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 356.02 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 355.34 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 354.66 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 355.11 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 355.91 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 356.71 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 357.51 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 98.1% | 358.53 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 98.2% | 359.1 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 359.9 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 98.6% | 360.47 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 98.8% | 361.16 |