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Georgia
73.5% average fill
Measured
6
Data pending
2
Volume stored
3,014 hm³
Measured capacity
4,099 hm³
Critical
1
Below month average
4 of 4
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Drought Monitor · 20 October 2026
Weekly map · area in each categoryDrought status
21.1%
of the area in drought (D1 or worse)
Worst category: D2 severe drought
down 0.4 points on the week
Severe or worse (D2+)
3.9%
Extreme or worse (D3+)
0.0%
DSCI
890–500
People in drought
1.8 million
Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)
73.5% full6 tracked
Reservoirs on drought ground
3 of 81 in D2 or worse
As of the 20 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 21.1% of Georgia was in drought (D1 or worse). The 6 reservoirs we track in Georgia were 73.5% full on their latest readings. 3 of 8 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 1 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 capacityBuford Dam and Lake Lanier
Updated 2026-10-28· 97% of month avg· D0
West Point Dam and Lake
Updated 2026-10-28· 90% of month avg· D0
Carters Dam and Lake
Updated 2026-10-28· 99% of month avg· D0
Allatoona Dam and Lake
criticalUpdated 2026-10-28· 0% of month avg· D1
Aberdeen Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-09-15· D2
GW Andrews Lock and Dam
Updated 2026-10-28
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
2 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: Lake Hartwell (3.1 km³), Richard B. Russell Dam (1.3 km³).
About reservoirs in Georgia
As of October 28, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Georgia that report live levels hold roughly 3,014 hm³ of water — about 73.5% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Georgia's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.
Across the region, 1 reservoir is at critically low levels. Aberdeen Lock and Dam is the fullest at 105.0%, while Allatoona Dam and Lake is the lowest at 0.0%.
Over the most recent week on record, 1 reservoir fell across Georgia.
Storage figures for Georgia 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.
Georgia at a glance
- Reservoirs tracked
- 6
- Average fill
- 73.5%
- Water stored
- 3,014 hm³
- Combined capacity
- 4,099 hm³
- At critically low levels
- 1
- Fullest
- Aberdeen Lock and Dam (105.0%)
- Lowest
- Allatoona Dam and Lake (0.0%)
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026