Reservoir · Utah · United States · BOR RISE
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Flaming Gorge Reservoir Dam and Powerplant
64.1% full
Capacity
4,673.54 hm³
Volume stored
2996 hm³
Vs month average
83% of normal
Coordinates
40.978°N, 109.573°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
64.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-14.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
83%of normal
64.1% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 76.8% for October across 6 years of readings (-12.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Flaming Gorge 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. Utah 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.978°N, 109.573°W · Open in Google Maps
About Flaming Gorge Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Flaming Gorge Reservoir is filled to 64.1% of its total capacity, holding 2,996 hm³ of water out of a maximum 4,674 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 is 14.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 64.1% (October 27, 2026) to a high of 87.8% (July 19, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.978°N, 109.573°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 64.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2,996 hm³
- Total capacity
- 4,674 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 14.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.978°N, 109.573°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 64.1% | 2,996 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 64.2% | 3,000 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 64.3% | 3,004 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 64.3% | 3,006 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 64.4% | 3,009 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 64.4% | 3,012 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 64.5% | 3,015 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 64.6% | 3,018 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 64.7% | 3,022 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 64.7% | 3,025 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 64.8% | 3,028 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 64.8% | 3,031 |