Reservoir · Utah · United States · BOR RISE
Newton Reservoir
Newton Reservoir and Dam
0.3% full
Capacity
6.9 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
1% of normal
Coordinates
41.900°N, 111.976°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
0.3%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-8.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
1%of normal
0.3% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 20.6% for October across 6 years of readings (-20.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 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: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.900, -111.976 · Open in Google Maps
About Newton Reservoir
As of October 13, 2026, Newton Reservoir is filled to 0.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 0 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 8.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Newton Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 13, 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 lies within the Utah basin at 41.900°N, 111.976°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 0.3%
- Water stored
- 0 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Utah
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 41.900°N, 111.976°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 0.3% | 0 |