Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Pinewood Reservoir
Pinewood Reservoir and Rattlesnake Dam
68.0% full
Capacity
2.69 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
Vs month average
131% of normal
Coordinates
40.368°N, 105.286°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
68.0%vs 7 days ago
+13.7%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+4.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
131%of normal
68.0% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 52.0% for October across 6 years of readings (+16.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.368, -105.286 · Open in Google Maps
About Pinewood Reservoir
As of October 14, 2026, Pinewood Reservoir is filled to 68.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 13.7 percentage points, and it is 4.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pinewood Reservoir — 1951 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 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 lies within the Colorado basin at 40.368°N, 105.286°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 68.0%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 13.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 40.368°N, 105.286°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 68.0% | 2 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 58.4% | 2 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 2 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 56.9% | 2 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 56.9% | 2 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 56.9% | 2 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 60.2% | 2 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 1 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 59.9% | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 63.6% | 2 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 63.6% | 2 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 63.2% | 2 |