Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Pueblo Reservoir
Pueblo Reservoir and Dam
48.8% full
Capacity
398.35 hm³
Volume stored
194 hm³
Vs month average
84% of normal
Coordinates
38.260°N, 104.718°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
48.8%vs 7 days ago
+0.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-8.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
84%of normal
48.8% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 57.9% for October across 6 years of readings (-9.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Pueblo Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D2 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. 38.260°N, 104.718°W · Open in Google Maps
About Pueblo Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Pueblo Reservoir is filled to 48.8% of its total capacity, holding 194.29 hm³ of water out of a maximum 398.35 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 (+0.3 pp), and it is 8.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pueblo Reservoir — 1933 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 48.5% (October 4, 2026) to a high of 80.2% (March 11, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.260°N, 104.718°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 48.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 194.29 hm³
- Total capacity
- 398.35 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 38.260°N, 104.718°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 48.8% | 194.29 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 48.8% | 194.53 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 48.8% | 194.25 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 193.68 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 193.32 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 193.28 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 193.36 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 193.36 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 193.4 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 193.52 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 193.6 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 193.52 |