Reservoir · Minnesota · United States · USACE CWMS
Gull Lake Dam
96.2% full
Capacity
75.24 hm³
Volume stored
72 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
46.411°N, 94.354°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
96.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-2.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
96.2% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 97.0% for October across 5 years of readings (-0.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Gull Lake Dam'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. Minnesota 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. 46.411°N, 94.354°W · Open in Google Maps
About Gull Lake Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Gull Lake Dam is filled to 96.2% of its total capacity, holding 72.36 hm³ of water out of a maximum 75.24 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.7 pp), and it is 2.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Gull Lake Dam — 1361 data points between September 14, 2022 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 81.5% (April 9, 2023) to a high of 105.0% (June 29, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 46.411°N, 94.354°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 72.36 hm³
- Total capacity
- 75.24 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 46.411°N, 94.354°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 72.36 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 72.39 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 95.6% | 71.95 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 95.7% | 72 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 72.12 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 71.64 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 71.89 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 71.88 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 95.3% | 71.69 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 71.89 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 71.89 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 71.63 |