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New York
78.9% average fill
Measured
8
Volume stored
1,726 hm³
Measured capacity
2,188 hm³
Critical
1
Below month average
1 of 1
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Drought Monitor · 27 October 2026
Weekly map · area in each categoryDrought status
1.6%
of the area in drought (D1 or worse)
Worst category: D1 moderate drought
unchanged on the week
Severe or worse (D2+)
0.0%
Extreme or worse (D3+)
0.0%
DSCI
410–500
People in drought
96,000
Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)
78.9% full8 tracked
Reservoirs on drought ground
0 of 8
As of the 27 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 1.6% of New York was in drought (D1 or worse). The 8 reservoirs we track in New York were 78.9% full on their latest readings. 0 of 8 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 capacityPepacton Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
Ashokan Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
Cannonsville Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
Croton System
Updated 2026-10-29
Rondout Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
Neversink Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
Mount Morris Dam
criticalUpdated 2026-10-30· 0% of month avg· D0
Schoharie Reservoir
Updated 2026-10-29
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 New York
As of October 30, 2026, the reservoirs we track across New York that report live levels hold roughly 1,726 hm³ of water — about 78.9% of their combined capacity. Taken together, New York's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.
Across the region, 1 reservoir is at critically low levels. Croton System is the fullest at 100.3%, while Mount Morris Dam is the lowest at 0.0%.
Storage figures for New York 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.
New York at a glance
- Reservoirs tracked
- 8
- Average fill
- 78.9%
- Water stored
- 1,726 hm³
- Combined capacity
- 2,188 hm³
- At critically low levels
- 1
- Fullest
- Croton System (100.3%)
- Lowest
- Mount Morris Dam (0.0%)
- Last updated
- October 30, 2026