Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
CACHUMA LAKE (BRADBURY DAM)
93.6% full
Capacity
212.78 hm³
Volume stored
199 hm³
Vs month average
123% of normal
Coordinates
34.583°N, 119.980°W
Last updated
2026-11-01
Current fill
93.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+8.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs November average
123%of normal
93.6% full on 2026-11-01, against an average of 76.0% for November across 6 years of readings (+17.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
CACHUMA LAKE (BRADBURY DAM)'s coordinates fall outside every category on 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: 2026-11-01.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.583°N, 119.980°W · Open in Google Maps
About CACHUMA LAKE (BRADBURY DAM)
As of November 1, 2026, CACHUMA LAKE (BRADBURY DAM) is filled to 93.6% of its total capacity, holding 199.19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 212.78 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp), and it is 8.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for CACHUMA LAKE (BRADBURY DAM) — 1158 data points between November 3, 2021 and November 1, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 35.3% (December 7, 2022) to a high of 105.0% (September 29, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 34.583°N, 119.980°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 199.19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 212.78 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 8.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 34.583°N, 119.980°W
- Last updated
- November 1, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | 93.6% | 199.19 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | 93.5% | 199.02 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 199.16 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 199.26 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 199.36 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 199.49 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 199.66 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.9% | 199.76 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 200 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 200 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 200 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 199.59 |