Los Machos
Tinto, Odiel y Piedras
Capacity
12 hm³
Coordinates
37.316°N, 7.205°W
Operator
Tinto, Odiel y Piedras
25.0% full
Current fill
25.0%vs 13 Oct 2026
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
0.0 ppyear-over-year
Trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
52%of normal
25.0% full on 2026-10-19, against an average of 47.8% for October across 9 years of readings (-22.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Los Machos had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.62). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 October 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 | 12 hm³ |
| Primary use | — |
| Operator | Tinto, Odiel y Piedras |
| River basin | Tinto, Odiel y Piedras |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.316°N, 7.205°W · Open in Google Maps
About Los Machos
As of October 19, 2026, Los Machos is filled to 25.0% of its total capacity, holding 3 hm³ of water out of a maximum 12 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Since October 13, 2026 the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Los Machos — 419 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 19, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (April 25, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (November 20, 2018). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by Tinto, Odiel y Piedras. It lies within the Tinto, Odiel y Piedras basin at 37.316°N, 7.205°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 25.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 3 hm³
- Total capacity
- 12 hm³
- Change since October 13, 2026
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- River basin
- Tinto, Odiel y Piedras
- Operator
- Tinto, Odiel y Piedras
- Coordinates
- 37.316°N, 7.205°W
- Last updated
- October 19, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 33.3% | 4 |