Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Ruedi Reservoir
Ruedi Reservoir and Dam
36.6% full
Capacity
126.28 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
Vs month average
55% of normal
Coordinates
39.364°N, 106.818°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
36.6%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-28.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
55%of normal
36.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 66.0% for October across 6 years of readings (-29.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D4exceptional drought
The ground at Ruedi Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D4 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.364°N, 106.818°W · Open in Google Maps
About Ruedi Reservoir
As of October 28, 2026, Ruedi Reservoir is filled to 36.6% of its total capacity, holding 46.19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 126.28 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp), and it is 28.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ruedi Reservoir — 2040 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 36.5% (October 18, 2026) to a high of 99.8% (August 1, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.364°N, 106.818°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 36.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 46.19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 126.28 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 28.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.364°N, 106.818°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 36.6% | 46.19 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.11 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 36.6% | 46.16 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 36.6% | 46.18 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.14 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.07 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.04 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.15 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.12 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.08 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 46.15 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 36.7% | 46.3 |