Reservoir · Utah · United States · BOR RISE
Newton Reservoir
Newton Reservoir and Dam
1.3% full
Capacity
6.9 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
6% of normal
Coordinates
41.900°N, 111.976°W
Last updated
2026-10-24
Current fill
1.3%vs 7 days ago
+0.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-8.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
6%of normal
1.3% full on 2026-10-24, against an average of 20.6% for October across 6 years of readings (-19.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Newton 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. 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: 2026-10-24.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.900°N, 111.976°W · Open in Google Maps
About Newton Reservoir
As of October 24, 2026, Newton Reservoir is filled to 1.3% of its total capacity, holding 0.09 hm³ of water out of a maximum 6.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.3 pp), and it is 8.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Newton Reservoir — 1822 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.3% (August 24, 2026) to a high of 94.6% (May 7, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 41.900°N, 111.976°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 1.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.09 hm³
- Total capacity
- 6.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 41.900°N, 111.976°W
- Last updated
- October 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | 1.3% | 0.09 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 1.3% | 0.09 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 1.2% | 0.08 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 1.2% | 0.08 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 1.2% | 0.08 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0.07 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0.07 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0.07 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 0.06 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 0.06 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 0.06 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 0.7% | 0.05 |