Reservoir · South Dakota · United States · USACE CWMS
Gavins Point Dam & Reservoir
97.1% full
Capacity
462.56 hm³
Volume stored
449 hm³
Coordinates
42.850°N, 97.483°W
Last updated
2026-10-08
Current fill
97.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-10-08.
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About Gavins Point Dam & Reservoir
As of October 8, 2026, Gavins Point Dam & Reservoir is filled to 97.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 449 hm³ of water out of a maximum 463 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Gavins Point Dam & Reservoir — 1821 data points between October 10, 2021 and October 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 80.0% (February 26, 2022) to a high of 105.0% (February 9, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the South Dakota basin at 42.850°N, 97.483°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 97.1%
- Water stored
- 449 hm³
- Total capacity
- 463 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- South Dakota
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 42.850°N, 97.483°W
- Last updated
- October 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 449 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 449 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 449 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 97.1% | 449 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 97.1% | 449 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 97.6% | 451 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 98.1% | 454 |