Reservoir · Nevada · United States · USGS NWIS
Wild Horse Reservoir
30.9% full
Capacity
88.39 hm³
Volume stored
27 hm³
Vs month average
51% of normal
Coordinates
41.687°N, 115.845°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
30.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
-33.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
51%of normal
30.9% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 60.9% for October across 5 years of readings (-30.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D3extreme drought
The ground at Wild Horse Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D3 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Nevada drought figures →
Data source: USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) — 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.687, -115.845 · Open in Google Maps
About Wild Horse Reservoir
As of October 14, 2026, Wild Horse Reservoir is filled to 30.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 88 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pts), and it is 33.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Wild Horse Reservoir — 1309 data points between October 15, 2022 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.9% (October 14, 2026) to a high of 105.0% (April 14, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Nevada basin at 41.687°N, 115.845°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 30.9%
- Water stored
- 27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 88 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 33.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Nevada
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 41.687°N, 115.845°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 30.9% | 27 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 31.0% | 27 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 31.0% | 27 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 31.1% | 28 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 31.2% | 28 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 31.3% | 28 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 31.4% | 28 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 31.5% | 28 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 31.6% | 28 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 31.6% | 28 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 31.7% | 28 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 31.8% | 28 |