Cancho del Fresno
Cáceres · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
15 hm³
Coordinates
39.393°N, 5.390°W
Operator
CHSU
80.0% full
Current fill
80.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 15 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 13.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.393, -5.390 · Open in Google Maps
About Cancho del Fresno
As of September 7, 2026, Cancho del Fresno is filled to 80.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 12 hm³ of water out of a maximum 15 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 14 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cancho del Fresno — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 46.7% (October 1, 2019) to a high of 100.0% (May 26, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 39.393°N, 5.390°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.0%
- Water stored
- 12 hm³
- Total capacity
- 15 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.393°N, 5.390°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 80.0% | 12 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 80.0% | 12 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 80.0% | 12 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 80.0% | 12 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 80.0% | 12 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 86.7% | 13 |