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Alabama
90% average fill
Measured
7
Data pending
3
Volume stored
1,731 hm³
Measured capacity
1,923 hm³
Below month average
2 of 5
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Drought Monitor · 20 October 2026
Weekly map · area in each categoryDrought status
33.2%
of the area in drought (D1 or worse)
Worst category: D2 severe drought
up 0.4 points on the week
Severe or worse (D2+)
9.5%
Extreme or worse (D3+)
0.8%
DSCI
1150–500
People in drought
1.0 million
Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)
90.0% full7 tracked
Reservoirs on drought ground
6 of 102 in D2 or worse
As of the 20 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 33.2% of Alabama was in drought (D1 or worse), with 0.8% in extreme or exceptional drought (D3–D4). The 7 reservoirs we track in Alabama were 90.0% full on their latest readings. 6 of 10 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 2 of them in severe drought (D2) or worse.
The Drought Monitor maps where conditions are dry this week — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not how much water is stored. Reservoir storage lags it by months, so a region can be in drought with full reservoirs, or out of drought with empty ones. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
Reservoirs
Sorted by capacityWalter F George
Updated 2026-10-28
Bankhead Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D0
Demopolis Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· D2
Holt Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D1
Selden Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· 101% of month avg· D2
Thurlow Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg
Oliver Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28· 100% of month avg· D1
Storage from official US gauges (USGS, USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, CDEC) and, in Texas, the Texas Water Development Board. Fill % uses design capacity from the National Inventory of Dams where available; Water Data for Texas lakes use that board's conservation capacity; a few sites without a match fall back to the 5-year maximum. "% of month avg" compares the current fill with the reservoir’s own average for this calendar month over its readings on record. D0–D4 is the U.S. Drought Monitor category of the ground at the reservoir’s coordinates on the latest weekly map — local conditions, not storage.
Major reservoirs — data pending
3 major reservoirs — data sourcing in progress
Storage is monitored by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE CWMS), but the live feed is currently stale — we are working to restore it. Known capacities: Bevill Lock and Dam (0.1 km³), Coffeeville Lock and Dam (0.2 km³), Heflin Lock and Dam (0.1 km³).
About reservoirs in Alabama
As of October 28, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Alabama that report live levels hold roughly 1,731 hm³ of water — about 90.0% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Alabama's reservoirs are high.
None of the tracked reservoirs are currently at critically low levels. Demopolis Lock and Dam is the fullest at 105.0%, while Walter F George is the lowest at 84.2%.
Over the most recent week on record, 3 reservoirs fell across Alabama.
Storage figures for Alabama come from USGS · USACE · BOR · CDEC; the most recent reading is from October 28, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.
Alabama at a glance
- Reservoirs tracked
- 7
- Average fill
- 90.0%
- Water stored
- 1,731 hm³
- Combined capacity
- 1,923 hm³
- Fullest
- Demopolis Lock and Dam (105.0%)
- Lowest
- Walter F George (84.2%)
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026