Reservoir · North Dakota · United States · USACE CWMS
Lake Darling Dam
95.3% full
Capacity
134.32 hm³
Volume stored
128 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
48.458°N, 101.584°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
95.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+1.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
95.3% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 95.1% for October across 5 years of readings (+0.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Lake Darling Dam's coordinates fall outside every category on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. North Dakota 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. 48.458°N, 101.584°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Darling Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Lake Darling Dam is filled to 95.3% of its total capacity, holding 127.96 hm³ of water out of a maximum 134.32 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 1.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Darling Dam — 1347 data points between August 1, 2022 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.8% (January 20, 2025) to a high of 104.8% (April 18, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 48.458°N, 101.584°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 127.96 hm³
- Total capacity
- 134.32 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 48.458°N, 101.584°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 95.3% | 127.96 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 94.9% | 127.47 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 95.4% | 128.17 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 129.25 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 130.22 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 128.67 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 129.29 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 128.96 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 129.71 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 95.7% | 128.56 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 130.69 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 129.42 |