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Tappan Lake

98.4% full

Capacity

43.3 hm³

Volume stored

43 hm³

Vs month average

99% of normal

Coordinates

40.356°N, 81.226°W

Last updated

2026-10-28

Current fill

98.4%
High

vs 7 days ago

-0.4 pp

losing

vs 1 year ago

N/A

7-day trend

→

stable

Drought context

Storage vs October average

99%of normal

98.4% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 99.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.0 points).

Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026

Nonenot in a drought category

Tappan Lake'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. Ohio 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: 2026-10-28.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.356°N, 81.226°W · Open in Google Maps

About Tappan Lake

As of October 28, 2026, Tappan Lake is filled to 98.4% of its total capacity, holding 42.61 hm³ of water out of a maximum 43.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp).

Across the readings we hold for Tappan Lake — 100 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 61.7% (December 20, 2021) to a high of 103.3% (October 30, 2021).

It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.356°N, 81.226°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
98.4% of total capacity
Water stored
42.61 hm³
Total capacity
43.3 hm³
7-day change
▼ 0.4 pp
Primary use
Multipurpose
Operator
USACE
Coordinates
40.356°N, 81.226°W
Last updated
October 28, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
28 Oct 202698.4%42.61
27 Oct 202698.4%42.61
26 Oct 202698.5%42.64
25 Oct 202698.5%42.67
24 Oct 202698.6%42.7
23 Oct 202698.7%42.73
22 Oct 202698.8%42.76
21 Oct 202698.8%42.79
20 Oct 202698.9%42.82
19 Oct 202699.0%42.85
18 Oct 202699.0%42.88
17 Oct 202699.0%42.88

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