Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USACE CWMS
Picketwire Ditch
41.0% full
Capacity
66 hm³
Volume stored
27 hm³
Vs month average
114% of normal
Coordinates
37.352°N, 106.544°W
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
41.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
41.0% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 35.9% for October across 2 years of readings (+5.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Picketwire Ditch's coordinates falls inside the D1 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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-20.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.352, -106.544 · Open in Google Maps
About Picketwire Ditch
As of October 20, 2026, Picketwire Ditch is filled to 41.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 66 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Picketwire Ditch — 99 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.1% (October 21, 2021) to a high of 43.0% (October 14, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Colorado basin at 37.352°N, 106.544°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 41.0%
- Water stored
- 27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 66 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.352°N, 106.544°W
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41.0% | 27 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41.0% | 27 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 41.4% | 27 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 41.9% | 28 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 42.3% | 28 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 42.7% | 28 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 43.0% | 28 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 41.8% | 28 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 41.3% | 27 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40.8% | 27 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 40.8% | 27 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 40.8% | 27 |