Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Lemon Reservoir
Lemon Reservoir and Dam
83.0% full
Capacity
49.52 hm³
Volume stored
41 hm³
Vs month average
172% of normal
Coordinates
37.395°N, 107.663°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
83.0%vs 7 days ago
+17.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+16.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
172%of normal
83.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 48.2% for October across 6 years of readings (+34.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Lemon Reservoir'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. 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. 37.395°N, 107.663°W · Open in Google Maps
About Lemon Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Lemon Reservoir is filled to 83.0% of its total capacity, holding 41.12 hm³ of water out of a maximum 49.52 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 17.2 percentage points, and it is 16.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lemon Reservoir — 1822 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.7% (September 13, 2022) to a high of 99.0% (June 24, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.395°N, 107.663°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 41.12 hm³
- Total capacity
- 49.52 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 17.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 16.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 37.395°N, 107.663°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 83.0% | 41.12 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 82.5% | 40.86 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 81.1% | 40.15 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 78.4% | 38.82 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 72.9% | 36.08 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 67.7% | 33.53 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 32.94 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 32.56 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 64.9% | 32.16 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 64.1% | 31.74 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 31.25 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 30.72 |