Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Rifle Gap Reservoir
Rifle Gap Reservoir and Dam
2.1% full
Capacity
15.01 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
Vs month average
8% of normal
Coordinates
39.628°N, 107.760°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
2.1%vs 7 days ago
-6.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
8%of normal
2.1% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 27.7% for October across 6 years of readings (-25.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Rifle Gap Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D1 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. 39.628°N, 107.760°W · Open in Google Maps
About Rifle Gap Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Rifle Gap Reservoir is filled to 2.1% of its total capacity, holding 0.32 hm³ of water out of a maximum 15.01 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 6.9 percentage points, and it is 5.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rifle Gap Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.1% (October 24, 2026) to a high of 104.7% (June 17, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.628°N, 107.760°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 2.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.32 hm³
- Total capacity
- 15.01 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 6.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.628°N, 107.760°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.32 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.32 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 2.1% | 0.31 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 10.3% | 1.54 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 9.9% | 1.49 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 9.5% | 1.43 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 9.3% | 1.39 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 9.0% | 1.35 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 1.3 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 8.4% | 1.26 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 8.1% | 1.21 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 7.9% | 1.18 |