Ordunte
Burgos · Castile and León · Cantábrico Oriental
Capacity
22 hm³
Coordinates
43.152°N, 3.296°W
Operator
CHCo
50.0% full
Current fill
50.0%vs 7 days ago
-4.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
-4.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
86%of normal
50.0% full on 2026-10-06, against an average of 58.1% for October across 9 years of readings (-8.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Ordunte 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 −1.75). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Warningsoil-moisture 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 | CHCo |
| Province | Burgos |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Cantábrico Oriental |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 43.152, -3.296 · Open in Google Maps
About Ordunte
As of October 6, 2026, Ordunte is filled to 50.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 11 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 fallen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 4.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ordunte — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 36.4% (December 13, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (January 29, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHCo primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cantábrico Oriental basin at 43.152°N, 3.296°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 50.0%
- Water stored
- 11 hm³
- Total capacity
- 22 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.5 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Cantábrico Oriental
- Operator
- CHCo
- Coordinates
- 43.152°N, 3.296°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 50.0% | 11 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 54.5% | 12 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 54.5% | 12 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 54.5% | 12 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 59.1% | 13 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 59.1% | 13 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 63.6% | 14 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 63.6% | 14 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 68.2% | 15 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 72.7% | 16 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 72.7% | 16 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 72.7% | 16 |