Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USACE CWMS
Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir
28.7% full
Capacity
2.47 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Vs month average
40% of normal
Coordinates
39.651°N, 105.134°W
Last updated
2026-10-07
Current fill
28.7%vs 7 days ago
Stale7-day trend
StaleDrought context
Storage vs October average
40%of normal
28.7% full on 2026-10-07, against an average of 72.2% for October across 2 years of readings (-43.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D2 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Colorado drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.651°N, 105.134°W · Open in Google Maps
About Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir
As of October 7, 2026, Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir is filled to 28.7% of its total capacity, holding 0.71 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.47 hm³. The reading is past the freshness window, so it is shown as stale.
The 7-day change is not shown, because the latest reading is past the freshness window.
Across the readings we hold for Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir — 328 data points between October 8, 2021 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.9% (September 17, 2026) to a high of 89.9% (April 4, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.651°N, 105.134°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 28.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.71 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.47 hm³
- 7-day change
- Stale
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 39.651°N, 105.134°W
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | 28.7% | 0.71 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 28.3% | 0.7 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 28.3% | 0.7 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 28.7% | 0.71 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 29.1% | 0.72 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 0.73 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 0.73 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 29.6% | 0.73 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 29.6% | 0.73 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 30.0% | 0.74 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 30.0% | 0.74 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 30.4% | 0.75 |