Reservoir · Oregon · United States · BOR RISE
Emigrant Lake
Emigrant Lake and Dam
8.8% full
Capacity
48.11 hm³
Volume stored
4 hm³
Vs month average
76% of normal
Coordinates
42.161°N, 122.605°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
8.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
-11.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
76%of normal
8.8% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 11.6% for October across 6 years of readings (-2.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Emigrant Lake'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. Oregon drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.161, -122.605 · Open in Google Maps
About Emigrant Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Emigrant Lake is filled to 8.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 48 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it is 11.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Emigrant Lake — 2186 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.1% (October 20, 2021) to a high of 99.7% (April 27, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Oregon basin at 42.161°N, 122.605°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 8.8%
- Water stored
- 4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 48 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Oregon
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 42.161°N, 122.605°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 4 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 9.0% | 4 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 9.0% | 4 |