Reservoir · Minnesota · United States · USACE CWMS
Lac qui Parle Dam
76.7% full
Capacity
71.2 hm³
Volume stored
55 hm³
Vs month average
90% of normal
Coordinates
45.022°N, 95.869°W
Last updated
2026-10-15
Current fill
76.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
90%of normal
76.7% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 85.6% for October across 2 years of readings (-8.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Lac qui Parle Dam'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. Minnesota drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-15.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 45.022, -95.869 · Open in Google Maps
About Lac qui Parle Dam
As of October 15, 2026, Lac qui Parle Dam is filled to 76.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 55 hm³ of water out of a maximum 71 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Lac qui Parle Dam — 100 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 69.6% (August 30, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (November 3, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Minnesota basin at 45.022°N, 95.869°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 76.7%
- Water stored
- 55 hm³
- Total capacity
- 71 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Minnesota
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 45.022°N, 95.869°W
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 76.7% | 55 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 76.2% | 54 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 76.0% | 54 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 76.2% | 54 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 76.4% | 54 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 76.6% | 55 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 76.8% | 55 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 76.8% | 55 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 76.6% | 55 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 76.4% | 54 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 76.5% | 54 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 76.6% | 55 |