Reservoir · Oklahoma · United States · USACE CWMS
Waurika Lake
89.3% full
Capacity
234.61 hm³
Volume stored
210 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
34.233°N, 98.047°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
89.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
89.3% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 89.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Waurika Lake'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. Oklahoma 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. 34.233°N, 98.047°W · Open in Google Maps
About Waurika Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Waurika Lake is filled to 89.3% of its total capacity, holding 209.51 hm³ of water out of a maximum 234.61 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Waurika Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 86.9% (October 14, 2026) to a high of 102.0% (June 30, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 34.233°N, 98.047°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 89.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 209.51 hm³
- Total capacity
- 234.61 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 34.233°N, 98.047°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 89.3% | 209.51 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 209.79 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 89.6% | 210.22 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 89.6% | 210.22 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 89.7% | 210.51 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 89.8% | 210.79 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 90.0% | 211.22 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 90.1% | 211.36 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 90.2% | 211.65 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 90.3% | 211.93 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 90.4% | 212.08 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 90.6% | 212.51 |