Reservoir · Oregon · United States · BOR RISE
Phillips Lake
Phillips Lake and Mason Dam
0.7% full
Capacity
96.83 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Vs month average
4% of normal
Coordinates
44.672°N, 118.000°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
0.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-23.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
4%of normal
0.7% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 18.4% for October across 6 years of readings (-17.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D3extreme drought
The ground at Phillips Lake's coordinates falls inside the D3 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Oregon 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 44.672, -118.000 · Open in Google Maps
About Phillips Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Phillips Lake is filled to 0.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 97 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pts), and it is 23.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Phillips Lake — 2136 data points between December 8, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (December 8, 2021) to a high of 77.3% (June 8, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Oregon basin at 44.672°N, 118.000°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 0.7%
- Water stored
- 1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 97 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 23.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Oregon
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 44.672°N, 118.000°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 0.7% | 1 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 0.7% | 1 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0.7% | 1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 1 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 1 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0.9% | 1 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 1 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 1 |