Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USACE CWMS
Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir
28.3% full
Capacity
2.47 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Coordinates
39.651°N, 105.134°W
Last updated
2026-09-16
Current fill
28.3%vs 7 days ago
-3.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
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: 2026-09-16.
Catchment Weather
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About Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir
As of September 16, 2026, Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir is filled to 28.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.3 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Bear Creek Dam & Reservoir — 328 data points between September 17, 2021 and September 16, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.3% (September 16, 2026) to a high of 89.9% (April 4, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Colorado basin at 39.651°N, 105.134°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 28.3%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 39.651°N, 105.134°W
- Last updated
- September 16, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2026 | 28.3% | 1 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 28.7% | 1 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 29.1% | 1 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 29.6% | 1 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | 30.0% | 1 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 30.4% | 1 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 30.8% | 1 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 31.6% | 1 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 32.0% | 1 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 32.4% | 1 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 32.8% | 1 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 33.6% | 1 |