Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
SALT SPRINGS
37.4% full
Capacity
175.15 hm³
Volume stored
66 hm³
Vs month average
103% of normal
Coordinates
38.497°N, 120.216°W
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
37.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
-7.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
37.4% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 36.2% for October across 6 years of readings (+1.2 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: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About SALT SPRINGS
As of October 13, 2026, SALT SPRINGS is filled to 37.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 66 hm³ of water out of a maximum 175 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.5 pts), and it is 7.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for SALT SPRINGS — 1817 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 3.4% (October 30, 2023) to a high of 98.8% (May 3, 2026). 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 38.497°N, 120.216°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 37.4%
- Water stored
- 66 hm³
- Total capacity
- 175 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- California
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 38.497°N, 120.216°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 37.4% | 66 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 37.5% | 66 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 37.6% | 66 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 37.6% | 66 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 37.7% | 66 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 37.8% | 66 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 38.3% | 67 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 38.9% | 68 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 39.5% | 69 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 40.1% | 70 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 40.7% | 71 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 41.3% | 72 |