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Indiana
71.2% average fill
Measured
6
Data pending
1
Volume stored
856 hm³
Measured capacity
1,201 hm³
Low level
1
Below month average
4 of 4
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Drought Monitor · 27 October 2026
Weekly map · area in each categoryDrought status
16.3%
of the area in drought (D1 or worse)
Worst category: D1 moderate drought
up 16.3 points on the week
Severe or worse (D2+)
0.0%
Extreme or worse (D3+)
0.0%
DSCI
890–500
People in drought
1.6 million
Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)
71.2% full6 tracked
Reservoirs on drought ground
1 of 7
As of the 27 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 16.3% of Indiana was in drought (D1 or worse). The 6 reservoirs we track in Indiana were 71.2% full on their latest readings. 1 of 7 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area.
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 capacityMonroe Lake
Updated 2026-10-29· 99% of month avg· D0
Patoka Lake
Updated 2026-10-29· 97% of month avg· D0
Brookville Lake Dam
Updated 2026-10-29· 96% of month avg
Cagles Mill Lake
lowUpdated 2026-10-29· 95% of month avg· D0
Salamonie Lake
Updated 2026-09-21
C. M. Harden Lake
Updated 2026-10-29· 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
Mississinewa Lake — 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: Mississinewa Lake (0.2 km³).
About reservoirs in Indiana
As of October 29, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Indiana that report live levels hold roughly 856 hm³ of water — about 71.2% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Indiana's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.
Across the region, 1 is low. Salamonie Lake is the fullest at 105.0%, while Cagles Mill Lake is the lowest at 30.6%.
Over the most recent week on record, 3 reservoirs fell across Indiana.
Storage figures for Indiana come from USGS · USACE · BOR · CDEC; the most recent reading is from October 29, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.
Indiana at a glance
- Reservoirs tracked
- 6
- Average fill
- 71.2%
- Water stored
- 856 hm³
- Combined capacity
- 1,201 hm³
- Fullest
- Salamonie Lake (105.0%)
- Lowest
- Cagles Mill Lake (30.6%)
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026