Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
RELIEF
32.8% full
Capacity
19.24 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
Vs month average
85% of normal
Coordinates
38.267°N, 119.733°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
32.8%vs 7 days ago
-2.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
-0.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
32.8% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 38.8% for October across 6 years of readings (-6.0 points).
Data source: CDEC — California Dept of Water Resources — 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
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About RELIEF
As of October 14, 2026, RELIEF is filled to 32.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 6 hm³ of water out of a maximum 19 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for RELIEF — 1825 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.8% (December 15, 2023) to a high of 91.5% (May 10, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the California basin at 38.267°N, 119.733°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 32.8%
- Water stored
- 6 hm³
- Total capacity
- 19 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- California
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 38.267°N, 119.733°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 32.8% | 6 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 33.1% | 6 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 33.4% | 6 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 33.7% | 6 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 34.0% | 7 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 34.3% | 7 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 34.5% | 7 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 34.8% | 7 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 35.0% | 7 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 35.3% | 7 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 35.6% | 7 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 35.9% | 7 |