Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
BEAR RIVER AT CAMP FAR WEST DAM
12.5% full
Capacity
115.63 hm³
Volume stored
14 hm³
Vs month average
112% of normal
Coordinates
39.050°N, 121.316°W
Last updated
2026-10-31
Current fill
12.5%vs 7 days ago
+3.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
112%of normal
12.5% full on 2026-10-31, against an average of 11.2% for October across 5 years of readings (+1.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at BEAR RIVER AT CAMP FAR WEST DAM's coordinates falls inside the D0 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. California drought figures →
Data source: CDEC — California Dept of Water Resources — 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: 2026-10-31.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.050°N, 121.316°W · Open in Google Maps
About BEAR RIVER AT CAMP FAR WEST DAM
As of October 31, 2026, BEAR RIVER AT CAMP FAR WEST DAM is filled to 12.5% of its total capacity, holding 14.49 hm³ of water out of a maximum 115.63 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.6 percentage points, and it is 1.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for BEAR RIVER AT CAMP FAR WEST DAM — 1519 data points between November 3, 2021 and October 31, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.6% (October 4, 2024) to a high of 104.9% (February 14, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.050°N, 121.316°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 12.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 14.49 hm³
- Total capacity
- 115.63 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 39.050°N, 121.316°W
- Last updated
- October 31, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | 12.5% | 14.49 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 12.1% | 13.97 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 11.4% | 13.18 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 10.5% | 12.17 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 9.9% | 11.43 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 9.5% | 10.99 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 9.2% | 10.67 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 10.33 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 10.07 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 10.06 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 10.05 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 8.8% | 10.22 |