Pactola Reservoir water level today
Reservoir in Pennington, South Dakota · Rapid Creek
4,558.82ft
1,389.53 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Below normal for the dateSteady
What this means
Pactola Reservoir is 21.38 ft below its full pool of 4,580.20 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in every one of the last 10 years on record.
The lake has risen 0.34 ft in 7 days and risen 0.70 ft in 30 days.
Since 1989, the lowest daily level was 4,456.67 ft (Apr 1991) and the highest 4,606.45 ft (Jan 1991).
Pactola Reservoir level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Full pool
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 4,570.08 ft | ▲ 11.26 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 4,571.60 ft | ▲ 12.78 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 4,576.96 ft | ▲ 18.14 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 4,574.26 ft | ▲ 15.44 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 4,576.43 ft | ▲ 17.61 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 4,576.96 ft | ▲ 18.14 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 4,575.90 ft | ▲ 17.09 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 4,576.52 ft | ▲ 17.70 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 4,574.57 ft | ▲ 15.75 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 4,575.79 ft | ▲ 16.97 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 4,606.45 ft on Jan 26, 1991
- Lowest
- 4,456.67 ft on Apr 20, 1991
- Records from
- 1989 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 4,580.20 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 39,744 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 32.0 cfs (0.90 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 15.0 cfs (0.42 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
This Afternoon67°F · Sunny
Wind SE 6 mph
Wind SE 6 mph
Tonight48°F · Mostly Clear
Wind S 6 mph
Wind S 6 mph
Thursday77°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind SW 5 mph
Wind SW 5 mph
Thursday Night52°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind SW 5 mph
Wind SW 5 mph
Friday76°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind SW 5 to 10 mph
Wind SW 5 to 10 mph
Friday Night35°F · Chance Light Rain
Wind W 6 to 14 mph
Wind W 6 to 14 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 32 min ago.