Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Lake Minatare
Lake Minatare and Dam
22.3% full
Capacity
72.52 hm³
Volume stored
16 hm³
Vs month average
66% of normal
Coordinates
41.918°N, 103.489°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
22.3%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-12.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
66%of normal
22.3% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 33.9% for October across 6 years of readings (-11.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D3extreme drought
The ground at Lake Minatare's coordinates falls inside the D3 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Nebraska drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.918°N, 103.489°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Minatare
As of October 27, 2026, Lake Minatare is filled to 22.3% of its total capacity, holding 16.19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 72.52 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 12.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Minatare — 1953 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 22.3% (September 19, 2026) to a high of 91.4% (June 9, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 41.918°N, 103.489°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 22.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 16.19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 72.52 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 41.918°N, 103.489°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 22.3% | 16.19 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.22 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 22.3% | 16.19 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 22.3% | 16.19 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 16.21 |