Reservoir · Minnesota · United States · USACE CWMS
Lac qui Parle Dam
85.0% full
Capacity
71.2 hm³
Volume stored
61 hm³
Vs month average
106% of normal
Coordinates
45.022°N, 95.869°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
85.0%vs 7 days ago
+3.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
85.0% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 80.4% for October across 2 years of readings (+4.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 45.022°N, 95.869°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lac qui Parle Dam
As of October 29, 2026, Lac qui Parle Dam is filled to 85.0% of its total capacity, holding 60.55 hm³ of water out of a maximum 71.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.1 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Lac qui Parle Dam — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 71.4% (September 15, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (November 3, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 45.022°N, 95.869°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 60.55 hm³
- Total capacity
- 71.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 45.022°N, 95.869°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 60.55 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 84.8% | 60.41 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 60.8 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 84.9% | 60.48 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 84.0% | 59.82 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 83.3% | 59.29 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 82.9% | 59.01 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 81.9% | 58.3 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 81.1% | 57.76 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 80.6% | 57.36 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 79.9% | 56.86 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 79.1% | 56.32 |