Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Pinewood Reservoir
Pinewood Reservoir and Rattlesnake Dam
29.0% full
Capacity
2.69 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
Vs month average
59% of normal
Coordinates
40.368°N, 105.286°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
29.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-30.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
59%of normal
29.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 49.4% for October across 6 years of readings (-20.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D3extreme drought
The ground at Pinewood Reservoir'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. 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.368°N, 105.286°W · Open in Google Maps
About Pinewood Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Pinewood Reservoir is filled to 29.0% of its total capacity, holding 0.78 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.69 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 30.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pinewood Reservoir — 1951 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 24.2% (October 9, 2022) to a high of 82.9% (May 11, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 40.368°N, 105.286°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.78 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.69 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 30.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.368°N, 105.286°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 0.78 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 29.4% | 0.79 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 28.6% | 0.77 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 35.7% | 0.96 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 39.4% | 1.06 |