Reservoir · Oklahoma · United States · USGS NWIS
Lake Hudson near Locust Grove
53.9% full
Capacity
492.28 hm³
Volume stored
265 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
36.230°N, 95.182°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
53.9%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+1.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
53.9% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 53.3% for October across 5 years of readings (+0.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Lake Hudson near Locust Grove'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. Oklahoma drought figures →
Data source: USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) — 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.230°N, 95.182°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Hudson near Locust Grove
As of October 27, 2026, Lake Hudson near Locust Grove is filled to 53.9% of its total capacity, holding 265.45 hm³ of water out of a maximum 492.28 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 (+0.0 pp), and it is 1.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Hudson near Locust Grove — 1454 data points between October 28, 2022 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 50.1% (April 25, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (April 12, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.230°N, 95.182°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 53.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 265.45 hm³
- Total capacity
- 492.28 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 36.230°N, 95.182°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 53.9% | 265.45 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 53.8% | 264.83 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 266.43 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 267.05 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 265.82 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 265.94 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 266.43 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 53.9% | 265.57 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.6% | 268.9 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 53.8% | 264.83 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 53.5% | 263.47 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 53.4% | 262.98 |