Reservoir · Oklahoma · United States · USACE CWMS
Canton Lake
70.9% full
Capacity
137.3 hm³
Volume stored
97 hm³
Vs month average
96% of normal
Coordinates
36.084°N, 98.601°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
70.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
70.9% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 73.6% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D4exceptional drought
The ground at Canton Lake's coordinates falls inside the D4 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Oklahoma 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.084°N, 98.601°W · Open in Google Maps
About Canton Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Canton Lake is filled to 70.9% of its total capacity, holding 97.36 hm³ of water out of a maximum 137.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Canton Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 70.9% (October 28, 2026) to a high of 101.2% (March 22, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.084°N, 98.601°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 70.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 97.36 hm³
- Total capacity
- 137.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.084°N, 98.601°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 70.9% | 97.36 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 71.0% | 97.43 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 71.0% | 97.5 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 71.1% | 97.57 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 71.1% | 97.57 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 71.1% | 97.57 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 71.2% | 97.78 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 71.3% | 97.85 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 71.3% | 97.92 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 71.3% | 97.92 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 71.4% | 97.99 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 71.6% | 98.34 |