Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · BOR RISE
Merritt Reservoir
Merritt Reservoir and Dam
81.9% full
Capacity
91.88 hm³
Volume stored
75 hm³
Vs month average
112% of normal
Coordinates
42.635°N, 100.872°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
81.9%vs 7 days ago
+3.4 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-0.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
112%of normal
81.9% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 72.9% for October across 6 years of readings (+9.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Merritt Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D0 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. 42.635°N, 100.872°W · Open in Google Maps
About Merritt Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Merritt Reservoir is filled to 81.9% of its total capacity, holding 75.27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 91.88 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.4 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Merritt Reservoir — 1950 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 44.5% (September 11, 2022) to a high of 89.7% (June 17, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 42.635°N, 100.872°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 75.27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 91.88 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 42.635°N, 100.872°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 81.9% | 75.27 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 81.7% | 75.03 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 74.44 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 80.3% | 73.82 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 79.9% | 73.44 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 79.5% | 73.02 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 78.8% | 72.38 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 78.5% | 72.1 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 77.9% | 71.56 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 77.3% | 71.03 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 76.7% | 70.48 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 76.1% | 69.96 |