Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Platoro Reservoir
Platoro Reservoir and Dam
56.0% full
Capacity
66 hm³
Volume stored
37 hm³
Vs month average
115% of normal
Coordinates
37.341°N, 106.564°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
56.0%vs 7 days ago
+15.0 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+8.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
115%of normal
56.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 48.8% for October across 6 years of readings (+7.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Platoro Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D0 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.341°N, 106.564°W · Open in Google Maps
About Platoro Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Platoro Reservoir is filled to 56.0% of its total capacity, holding 36.94 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 risen by 15.0 percentage points, and it is 8.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Platoro Reservoir — 1809 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 24.9% (May 8, 2023) to a high of 97.5% (June 27, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.341°N, 106.564°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 56.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 36.94 hm³
- Total capacity
- 66 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 15.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 8.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 37.341°N, 106.564°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 56.0% | 36.94 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 55.2% | 36.41 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 51.6% | 34.05 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 46.7% | 30.8 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 41.3% | 27.28 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41.0% | 27.07 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41.0% | 27.05 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 41.3% | 27.23 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 41.8% | 27.58 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 42.2% | 27.86 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 42.7% | 28.15 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 43.0% | 28.35 |