Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USACE CWMS
Cherry Creek Dam & Reservoir
68.8% full
Capacity
17.22 hm³
Volume stored
12 hm³
Vs month average
85% of normal
Coordinates
39.651°N, 104.854°W
Last updated
2026-10-02
Current fill
68.8%vs 7 days ago
-5.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
68.8% full on 2026-10-02, against an average of 80.5% for October across 3 years of readings (-11.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 6 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Cherry Creek Dam & Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D2 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Colorado drought figures →
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: 2026-10-02.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.651, -104.854 · Open in Google Maps
About Cherry Creek Dam & Reservoir
As of October 2, 2026, Cherry Creek Dam & Reservoir is filled to 68.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 12 hm³ of water out of a maximum 17 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.5 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Cherry Creek Dam & Reservoir — 328 data points between October 3, 2021 and October 2, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 68.8% (October 2, 2026) to a high of 85.2% (March 22, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Colorado basin at 39.651°N, 104.854°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 68.8%
- Water stored
- 12 hm³
- Total capacity
- 17 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.5 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 39.651°N, 104.854°W
- Last updated
- October 2, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 | 68.8% | 12 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 68.9% | 12 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 69.2% | 12 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 69.3% | 12 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 70.5% | 12 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 71.9% | 12 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 73.2% | 13 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 74.3% | 13 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 74.7% | 13 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 73.5% | 13 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 71.4% | 12 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 70.3% | 12 |