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Louisiana
65.4% average fill
Measured
3
Volume stored
4,743 hm³
Measured capacity
7,251 hm³
Critical
1
Below month average
1 of 3
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Drought Monitor · 27 October 2026
Weekly map · area in each categoryDrought status
88.7%
of the area in drought (D1 or worse)
Worst category: D4 exceptional drought
up 0.1 points on the week
Severe or worse (D2+)
78.8%
Extreme or worse (D3+)
51.4%
DSCI
3310–500
People in drought
3.5 million
Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)
65.4% full3 tracked
Reservoirs on drought ground
3 of 33 in D2 or worse
As of the 27 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 88.7% of Louisiana was in drought (D1 or worse), with 51.4% in extreme or exceptional drought (D3–D4). The 3 reservoirs we track in Louisiana were 65.4% full on their latest readings. 3 of 3 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 3 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 capacityToledo Bend Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29· 100% of month avg· D3
Bodcau Lake
criticalUpdated 2026-10-30· 100% of month avg· D3
Caddo Lake
Updated 2026-10-30· 95% of month avg· D3
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.
About reservoirs in Louisiana
As of October 30, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Louisiana that report live levels hold roughly 4,743 hm³ of water — about 65.4% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Louisiana's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.
Across the region, 1 reservoir is at critically low levels. Toledo Bend Reservoir is the fullest at 83.4%, while Bodcau Lake is the lowest at 0.1%.
Over the most recent week on record, 1 reservoir fell across Louisiana.
Storage figures for Louisiana come from USGS · USACE · BOR · CDEC; the most recent reading is from October 30, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.
Louisiana at a glance
- Reservoirs tracked
- 3
- Average fill
- 65.4%
- Water stored
- 4,743 hm³
- Combined capacity
- 7,251 hm³
- At critically low levels
- 1
- Fullest
- Toledo Bend Reservoir (83.4%)
- Lowest
- Bodcau Lake (0.1%)
- Last updated
- October 30, 2026