Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
PARDEE
94.0% full
Capacity
234.36 hm³
Volume stored
220 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
38.250°N, 120.850°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
94.0%vs 7 days ago
-3.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-5.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
94.0% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 95.0% for October across 6 years of readings (-1.0 points).
Data source: CDEC — California Dept of Water Resources — 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About PARDEE
As of October 14, 2026, PARDEE is filled to 94.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 220 hm³ of water out of a maximum 234 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.4 percentage points, and it is 5.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for PARDEE — 1582 data points between October 18, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 77.7% (October 21, 2021) to a high of 105.0% (May 8, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the California basin at 38.250°N, 120.850°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.0%
- Water stored
- 220 hm³
- Total capacity
- 234 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- California
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 38.250°N, 120.850°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 220 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 94.4% | 221 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 95.1% | 223 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 95.7% | 224 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 226 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 227 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 228 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 228 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 229 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 229 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 97.9% | 229 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 230 |