Reservoir · Oregon · United States · BOR RISE
Bully Creek Reservoir
Bully Creek Reservoir and Dam
13.7% full
Capacity
37 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
Vs month average
61% of normal
Coordinates
44.015°N, 117.397°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
13.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
-18.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
61%of normal
13.7% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 22.4% for October across 6 years of readings (-8.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Bully Creek Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Oregon drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 44.015, -117.397 · Open in Google Maps
About Bully Creek Reservoir
As of October 14, 2026, Bully Creek Reservoir is filled to 13.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 37 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it is 18.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bully Creek Reservoir — 2191 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.8% (September 7, 2022) to a high of 78.8% (April 23, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Oregon basin at 44.015°N, 117.397°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 13.7%
- Water stored
- 5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 37 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 18.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Oregon
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 44.015°N, 117.397°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 5 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 5 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 5 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 5 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 13.8% | 5 |