Reservoir · Nebraska · United States · USACE CWMS
Papillion Creek Dam 18
51.0% full
Capacity
6.86 hm³
Volume stored
4 hm³
Vs month average
85% of normal
Coordinates
41.220°N, 96.161°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
51.0%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
51.0% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 60.2% for October across 2 years of readings (-9.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Papillion Creek Dam 18'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. Nebraska drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.220°N, 96.161°W · Open in Google Maps
About Papillion Creek Dam 18
As of October 28, 2026, Papillion Creek Dam 18 is filled to 51.0% of its total capacity, holding 3.5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 6.86 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Papillion Creek Dam 18 — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 42.4% (July 16, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (October 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 41.220°N, 96.161°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 51.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 3.5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 6.86 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 41.220°N, 96.161°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 3.5 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 3.5 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 50.9% | 3.49 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 3.5 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 3.51 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 3.52 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 51.7% | 3.55 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 52.0% | 3.57 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 52.3% | 3.59 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 52.7% | 3.62 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 53.3% | 3.65 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 3.71 |