Sistema Escarra
Huesca · Aragon · Ebro
Capacity
5 hm³
Coordinates
42.742°N, 0.359°W
Operator
CHE
20.0% full
Current fill
20.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
49%of normal
20.0% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 41.1% for October across 9 years of readings (-21.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Sistema Escarra 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 −2.39). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Alertvegetation stress
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 | 5 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 4.5 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. 42.742, -0.359 · Open in Google Maps
About Sistema Escarra
As of October 13, 2026, Sistema Escarra is filled to 20.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 5 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
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 Sistema Escarra — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (January 8, 2019) to a high of 100.0% (June 25, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by CHE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Ebro basin at 42.742°N, 0.359°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 20.0%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 5 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Ebro
- Operator
- CHE
- Coordinates
- 42.742°N, 0.359°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 20.0% | 1 |