Reservoir · Alabama · United States · USACE CWMS
Selden Lock and Dam
94.9% full
Capacity
73.99 hm³
Volume stored
70 hm³
Vs month average
102% of normal
Coordinates
32.778°N, 87.841°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
94.9%vs 7 days ago
+4.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
94.9% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 93.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+1.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Selden 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. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 32.778°N, 87.841°W · Open in Google Maps
About Selden Lock and Dam
As of October 29, 2026, Selden Lock and Dam is filled to 94.9% of its total capacity, holding 70.21 hm³ of water out of a maximum 73.99 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 4.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Selden Lock and Dam — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 89.2% (October 23, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (December 1, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 32.778°N, 87.841°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 70.21 hm³
- Total capacity
- 73.99 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 4.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 32.778°N, 87.841°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 94.9% | 70.21 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 69.23 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 93.3% | 69.04 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 91.1% | 67.38 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 90.8% | 67.19 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 90.1% | 66.7 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 66 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 90.3% | 66.8 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 93.0% | 68.84 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 94.1% | 69.62 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 92.8% | 68.65 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 68.94 |