Reservoir · Alabama · United States · USACE CWMS
Oliver Lock and Dam
101.8% full
Capacity
15.22 hm³
Volume stored
15 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
33.209°N, 87.593°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
101.8%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
101.8% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 101.8% for October across 2 years of readings (0.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Oliver Lock and Dam'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. Alabama 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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.209°N, 87.593°W · Open in Google Maps
About Oliver Lock and Dam
As of October 29, 2026, Oliver Lock and Dam is filled to 101.8% of its total capacity, holding 15.49 hm³ of water out of a maximum 15.22 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Oliver Lock and Dam — 49 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 100.7% (October 17, 2026) to a high of 104.7% (December 11, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 33.209°N, 87.593°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 101.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 15.49 hm³
- Total capacity
- 15.22 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 33.209°N, 87.593°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 101.8% | 15.49 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 101.6% | 15.46 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 101.2% | 15.4 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 101.5% | 15.45 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 101.6% | 15.46 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 101.5% | 15.45 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 15.32 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 101.0% | 15.37 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 101.9% | 15.51 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 101.8% | 15.49 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 102.0% | 15.52 |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 104.5% | 15.91 |