Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir
Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir and Dam
32.1% full
Capacity
13.74 hm³
Volume stored
4 hm³
Vs month average
48% of normal
Coordinates
39.102°N, 106.353°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
32.1%vs 7 days ago
+1.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-31.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
48%of normal
32.1% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 66.7% for October across 6 years of readings (-34.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D4exceptional drought
The ground at Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D4 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.102°N, 106.353°W · Open in Google Maps
About Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir is filled to 32.1% of its total capacity, holding 4.41 hm³ of water out of a maximum 13.74 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.2 percentage points, and it is 31.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mount Elbert Forebay Reservoir — 1951 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.9% (October 20, 2026) to a high of 94.5% (January 4, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.102°N, 106.353°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 32.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.41 hm³
- Total capacity
- 13.74 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 31.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.102°N, 106.353°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 32.1% | 4.41 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 31.9% | 4.38 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 31.7% | 4.36 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 31.5% | 4.33 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 31.2% | 4.29 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 31.1% | 4.27 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 30.9% | 4.24 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 30.9% | 4.24 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 31.2% | 4.29 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 31.6% | 4.34 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 32.0% | 4.39 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 32.3% | 4.44 |