Picadas
Community of Madrid · Tajo
Capacity
15 hm³
Coordinates
40.335°N, 4.250°W
Operator
CHT
93.3% full
Current fill
93.3%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 | CHT |
| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.335, -4.250 · Open in Google Maps
About Picadas
As of September 7, 2026, Picadas is filled to 93.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 14 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 Picadas — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 66.7% (March 17, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (September 18, 2018). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.335°N, 4.250°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.3%
- Water stored
- 14 hm³
- Total capacity
- 15 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.335°N, 4.250°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 15 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 15 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 93.3% | 14 |