Reservoir · Minnesota · United States · USACE CWMS
Pokegama Lake Dam
53.3% full
Capacity
198.34 hm³
Volume stored
106 hm³
Vs month average
95% of normal
Coordinates
47.248°N, 93.587°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
53.3%vs 7 days ago
-4.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
95%of normal
53.3% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 55.9% for October across 5 years of readings (-2.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Pokegama Lake 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. Minnesota 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. 47.248°N, 93.587°W · Open in Google Maps
About Pokegama Lake Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Pokegama Lake Dam is filled to 53.3% of its total capacity, holding 105.66 hm³ of water out of a maximum 198.34 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 4.5 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Pokegama Lake Dam — 1371 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.4% (February 3, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (April 27, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 47.248°N, 93.587°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 53.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 105.66 hm³
- Total capacity
- 198.34 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 47.248°N, 93.587°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 53.3% | 105.66 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 53.4% | 105.82 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 53.3% | 105.76 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 107.59 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 56.2% | 111.55 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 56.2% | 111.48 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 57.1% | 113.28 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 57.8% | 114.66 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 58.1% | 115.3 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 57.8% | 114.66 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 57.9% | 114.8 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 58.1% | 115.25 |