Pactola Reservoir

Last updated: Aug 6, 2025, 6:46 AM UTC
No watches, warnings or advisories are in effect for this area.

Flood Impacts 🅘

  • 4655 - Dam Crest Elevation
  • 4651.7 - Elevation that would produce max discharge through the spillway, 245K cfs.
  • 4621.5 - Reservoir capacity 99K acre ft. Top of flood control zone or when uncontrolled flow over spillway begins.

Gauge Info

Coordinates 44.0722, -103.488
RFC MBRFC
State SD
WFO UNR
County Pennington
Data Provider(s)
US Bureau of Reclamaiton Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website

Gauge Location

Recent Crests

1. 4579.79 ft on 06-27-2024
2. 4580.12 ft on 06-07-2022
3. 4580.18 ft on 04-28-2021
4. 4580.32 ft on 04-12-2020
5. 4588.63 ft on 06-05-2019

Historic Crests

1. 4589.46 ft on 06-29-2015
2. 4588.63 ft on 06-05-2019
3. 4585.87 ft on 05-19-1965
4. 4585.44 ft on 05-21-1978
5. 4585.35 ft on 06-04-1996

Vertical Datum Table

type NGVD29
major Flooding N/A
moderate Flooding N/A
minor Flooding N/A
action 9002.20 ft
Latest Value 8993.79 ft
Gauge Zero 4422.00 ft

Gauge Photos

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Looking east from Pactola Dam

Probability Information

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WFO Information

Weather Forecast Office
Rapid City
300 East Signal Drive
Rapid City, SD 57701-3800
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