Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Enders Reservoir
Enders Reservoir and Dam
17.1% full
Capacity
54.87 hm³
Volume stored
9 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
40.421°N, 101.517°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
17.1%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
17.1% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 16.9% for October across 6 years of readings (+0.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Enders Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Nebraska 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.421°N, 101.517°W · Open in Google Maps
About Enders Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Enders Reservoir is filled to 17.1% of its total capacity, holding 9.37 hm³ of water out of a maximum 54.87 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 pp), and it is 1.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Enders Reservoir — 1825 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.3% (November 21, 2022) to a high of 20.0% (May 23, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.421°N, 101.517°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 17.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 9.37 hm³
- Total capacity
- 54.87 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.421°N, 101.517°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 17.1% | 9.37 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 17.1% | 9.37 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.33 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.31 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.31 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.31 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.32 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.32 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.31 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.33 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.33 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 17.0% | 9.33 |