Reservoir · North Dakota · United States · USACE CWMS
Bowman-Haley Dam & Reservoir
53.8% full
Capacity
24.4 hm³
Volume stored
13 hm³
Vs month average
117% of normal
Coordinates
45.982°N, 103.247°W
Last updated
2026-10-06
Current fill
53.8%vs 7 days ago
Stale7-day trend
StaleDrought context
Storage vs October average
117%of normal
53.8% full on 2026-10-06, against an average of 46.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+7.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Bowman-Haley Dam & Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D2 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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-06.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 45.982°N, 103.247°W · Open in Google Maps
About Bowman-Haley Dam & Reservoir
As of October 6, 2026, Bowman-Haley Dam & Reservoir is filled to 53.8% of its total capacity, holding 13.13 hm³ of water out of a maximum 24.4 hm³. The reading is past the freshness window, so it is shown as stale.
The 7-day change is not shown, because the latest reading is past the freshness window.
Across the readings we hold for Bowman-Haley Dam & Reservoir — 328 data points between October 7, 2021 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 42.7% (October 8, 2021) to a high of 66.1% (May 3, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 45.982°N, 103.247°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 53.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 13.13 hm³
- Total capacity
- 24.4 hm³
- 7-day change
- Stale
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 45.982°N, 103.247°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 53.8% | 13.13 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 53.9% | 13.14 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 53.8% | 13.13 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 13.19 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 13.22 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 13.25 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 54.4% | 13.28 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 54.5% | 13.31 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 53.9% | 13.14 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 53.8% | 13.13 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 54.1% | 13.19 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 54.0% | 13.17 |