Reservoir · Minnesota · United States · USACE CWMS
Red Lake Dam
57.0% full
Capacity
3,676.4 hm³
Volume stored
2096 hm³
Vs month average
89% of normal
Coordinates
47.957°N, 95.277°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
57.0%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
89%of normal
57.0% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 64.4% for October across 4 years of readings (-7.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Red Lake Dam'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. 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. 47.957°N, 95.277°W · Open in Google Maps
About Red Lake Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Red Lake Dam is filled to 57.0% of its total capacity, holding 2,096 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3,676 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Red Lake Dam — 1372 data points between March 7, 2022 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 55.4% (September 23, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (August 24, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 47.957°N, 95.277°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 57.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2,096 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3,676 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 47.957°N, 95.277°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 57.0% | 2,096 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 56.4% | 2,073 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 56.4% | 2,075 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 57.1% | 2,098 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 57.9% | 2,128 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 57.4% | 2,110 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 56.8% | 2,089 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 56.9% | 2,091 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 57.0% | 2,096 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 56.9% | 2,092 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 57.1% | 2,099 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 55.4% | 2,038 |