Reservoir · Ohio · United States · USACE CWMS
Deer Creek Lake
72.8% full
Capacity
25.94 hm³
Volume stored
19 hm³
Vs month average
84% of normal
Coordinates
39.622°N, 83.215°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
72.8%vs 7 days ago
-8.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
84%of normal
72.8% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 86.8% for October across 2 years of readings (-14.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Deer Creek Lake's coordinates fall outside every category on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Ohio 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. 39.622°N, 83.215°W · Open in Google Maps
About Deer Creek Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Deer Creek Lake is filled to 72.8% of its total capacity, holding 18.89 hm³ of water out of a maximum 25.94 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 8.2 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Deer Creek Lake — 92 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.3% (December 12, 2021) to a high of 105.0% (September 12, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.622°N, 83.215°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 72.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 18.89 hm³
- Total capacity
- 25.94 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 8.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 39.622°N, 83.215°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 72.8% | 18.89 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 73.5% | 19.06 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 74.8% | 19.4 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 76.0% | 19.72 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 77.3% | 20.06 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 78.5% | 20.37 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 79.8% | 20.69 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 21.01 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 82.0% | 21.28 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 82.9% | 21.51 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 84.2% | 21.84 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 85.7% | 22.24 |