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William H. Harsha Lake

91.7% full

Capacity

114.22 hm³

Volume stored

105 hm³

Vs month average

98% of normal

Coordinates

39.022°N, 84.151°W

Last updated

2026-10-28

Current fill

91.7%
High

vs 7 days ago

-0.5 pp

losing

vs 1 year ago

N/A

7-day trend

→

stable

Drought context

Storage vs October average

98%of normal

91.7% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 93.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.7 points).

Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026

D0abnormally dry

The ground at William H. Harsha Lake'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. 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. 39.022°N, 84.151°W · Open in Google Maps

About William H. Harsha Lake

As of October 28, 2026, William H. Harsha Lake is filled to 91.7% of its total capacity, holding 104.71 hm³ of water out of a maximum 114.22 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pp).

Across the readings we hold for William H. Harsha Lake — 307 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 88.5% (January 22, 2022) to a high of 104.8% (August 13, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around December.

It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.022°N, 84.151°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
91.7% of total capacity
Water stored
104.71 hm³
Total capacity
114.22 hm³
7-day change
▼ 0.5 pp
Primary use
Multipurpose
Operator
USACE
Coordinates
39.022°N, 84.151°W
Last updated
October 28, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
28 Oct 202691.7%104.71
27 Oct 202691.7%104.74
26 Oct 202691.8%104.83
25 Oct 202691.8%104.91
24 Oct 202691.9%105.01
23 Oct 202692.0%105.09
22 Oct 202692.1%105.19
21 Oct 202692.2%105.29
20 Oct 202692.3%105.39
19 Oct 202692.4%105.52
18 Oct 202692.6%105.74
17 Oct 202692.8%105.97

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