Reservoir · Georgia · United States · USACE CWMS
Carters Dam and Lake
97.0% full
Capacity
473.12 hm³
Volume stored
459 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
34.614°N, 84.671°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
97.0%vs 7 days ago
+0.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
97.0% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 97.8% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Carters Dam and Lake'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. Georgia 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. 34.614°N, 84.671°W · Open in Google Maps
About Carters Dam and Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Carters Dam and Lake is filled to 97.0% of its total capacity, holding 458.98 hm³ of water out of a maximum 473.12 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.3 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Carters Dam and Lake — 100 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 96.5% (October 23, 2026) to a high of 103.2% (December 20, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 34.614°N, 84.671°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 97.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 458.98 hm³
- Total capacity
- 473.12 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 34.614°N, 84.671°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 458.98 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 459.35 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 458.98 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 98.6% | 466.5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 97.7% | 462.43 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 456.51 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 456.88 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 457.5 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 458.98 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 97.5% | 461.45 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 466.13 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 462.68 |