Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Paonia Reservoir
Paonia Reservoir and Dam
2.1% full
Capacity
21.54 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
70% of normal
Coordinates
38.944°N, 107.352°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
2.1%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-1.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
70%of normal
2.1% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 3.0% for October across 6 years of readings (-0.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Paonia 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. 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. 38.944°N, 107.352°W · Open in Google Maps
About Paonia Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Paonia Reservoir is filled to 2.1% of its total capacity, holding 0.45 hm³ of water out of a maximum 21.54 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 pp), and it is 1.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Paonia Reservoir — 1822 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.6% (August 24, 2025) to a high of 92.3% (May 16, 2023). 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 38.944°N, 107.352°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 2.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.45 hm³
- Total capacity
- 21.54 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 38.944°N, 107.352°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.45 |