Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
CAMANCHE RESERVOIR
78.6% full
Capacity
514.36 hm³
Volume stored
404 hm³
Vs month average
107% of normal
Coordinates
38.225°N, 121.021°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
78.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+5.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
107%of normal
78.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 73.6% for October across 5 years of readings (+5.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at CAMANCHE RESERVOIR'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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.225°N, 121.021°W · Open in Google Maps
About CAMANCHE RESERVOIR
As of October 29, 2026, CAMANCHE RESERVOIR is filled to 78.6% of its total capacity, holding 404.22 hm³ of water out of a maximum 514.36 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp), and it is 5.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for CAMANCHE RESERVOIR — 1813 data points between November 3, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 38.5% (December 17, 2021) to a high of 96.7% (May 28, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.225°N, 121.021°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 78.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 404.22 hm³
- Total capacity
- 514.36 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 38.225°N, 121.021°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 78.6% | 404.22 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 78.6% | 404.31 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 78.6% | 404.47 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 78.7% | 404.56 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 78.7% | 404.8 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 78.7% | 404.88 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 78.8% | 405.21 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.9% | 405.79 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 79.2% | 407.2 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 79.6% | 409.26 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 411.34 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 412.08 |