Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Crystal Reservoir
Crystal Reservoir Dam and Powerplant
61.9% full
Capacity
31.13 hm³
Volume stored
19 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
38.503°N, 107.618°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
61.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-0.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
61.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 61.1% for October across 6 years of readings (+0.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Crystal 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. Colorado 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.503°N, 107.618°W · Open in Google Maps
About Crystal Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Crystal Reservoir is filled to 61.9% of its total capacity, holding 19.27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 31.13 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 (+0.5 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Crystal Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 40.4% (February 29, 2024) to a high of 74.9% (June 27, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.503°N, 107.618°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 19.27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 31.13 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 38.503°N, 107.618°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 19.27 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 19.27 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 62.4% | 19.43 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 19.61 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 62.5% | 19.45 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 61.4% | 19.1 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.2% | 19.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 61.4% | 19.1 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 61.2% | 19.04 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 61.2% | 19.04 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 18.98 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 60.6% | 18.86 |