Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USACE CWMS
Rio Grande Res nr Creede
49.4% full
Capacity
66.71 hm³
Volume stored
33 hm³
Vs month average
121% of normal
Coordinates
37.722°N, 107.268°W
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
49.4%vs 7 days ago
+0.4%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
121%of normal
49.4% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 40.7% for October across 2 years of readings (+8.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Rio Grande Res nr Creede'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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-20.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.722, -107.268 · Open in Google Maps
About Rio Grande Res nr Creede
As of October 20, 2026, Rio Grande Res nr Creede is filled to 49.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 33 hm³ of water out of a maximum 67 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 (+0.4 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Rio Grande Res nr Creede — 98 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.4% (October 21, 2021) to a high of 50.2% (September 18, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Colorado basin at 37.722°N, 107.268°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 49.4%
- Water stored
- 33 hm³
- Total capacity
- 67 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.722°N, 107.268°W
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 49.4% | 33 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 49.4% | 33 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 49.3% | 33 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 33 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 49.3% | 33 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 49.5% | 33 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 49.8% | 33 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 49.0% | 33 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 49.0% | 33 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 48.9% | 33 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 32 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 32 |