Baserca
Huesca · Aragon · Ebro
Capacity
22 hm³
Coordinates
42.586°N, 0.763°E
Operator
CHE
59.1% full
Current fill
59.1%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+4.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
92%of normal
59.1% full on 2026-10-06, against an average of 64.0% for October across 9 years of readings (-4.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Baserca had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.49). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Watchrainfall deficit
The European Drought Observatory's combined reading of rain, soil moisture and vegetation at this point. Watch means rain has been short, Warning that the soil has dried out, Alert that vegetation is visibly stressed; Recovery means the shortfall is easing. Ground conditions, not the reservoir's storage. Spain drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 22 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 19.8 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHE |
| Province | Huesca |
| Autonomous community | Aragon |
| River basin | Ebro |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.586, 0.763 · Open in Google Maps
About Baserca
As of October 6, 2026, Baserca is filled to 59.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 13 hm³ of water out of a maximum 22 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 20 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 4.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Baserca — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.6% (January 4, 2022) to a high of 95.5% (July 2, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by CHE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Ebro basin at 42.586°N, 0.763°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 59.1%
- Water stored
- 13 hm³
- Total capacity
- 22 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Ebro
- Operator
- CHE
- Coordinates
- 42.586°N, 0.763°E
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 59.1% | 13 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 59.1% | 13 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 63.6% | 14 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 72.7% | 16 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 77.3% | 17 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 81.8% | 18 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 81.8% | 18 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 86.4% | 19 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 95.5% | 21 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 90.9% | 20 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 95.5% | 21 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 86.4% | 19 |