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Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC

SUCCESS DAM

13.8% full

Capacity

119.01 hm³

Volume stored

17 hm³

Coordinates

36.057°N, 118.924°W

Last updated

2026-09-17

Current fill

13.8%
Critical

vs 7 days ago

-1.6%

losing

vs 1 year ago

+3.1%

year-over-year

7-day trend

falling

Data source: CDEC — California Dept of Water Resources — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-09-17.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.057, -118.924 · Open in Google Maps

About SUCCESS DAM

As of September 17, 2026, SUCCESS DAM is filled to 13.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 17 hm³ of water out of a maximum 119 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.6 percentage points, and it is 3.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for SUCCESS DAM — 1823 data points between September 19, 2021 and September 17, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.1% (October 23, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (March 15, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.

It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the California basin at 36.057°N, 118.924°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
13.8%
Water stored
17 hm³
Total capacity
119 hm³
7-day change
▼ 1.6 pts
Year-on-year
▲ 3.1 pts
Primary use
Multipurpose
River basin
California
Operator
CDEC
Coordinates
36.057°N, 118.924°W
Last updated
September 17, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
17 Sep 202613.8%16
16 Sep 202614.1%17
15 Sep 202614.3%17
14 Sep 202614.5%17
13 Sep 202614.8%18
12 Sep 202615.0%18
11 Sep 202615.2%18
10 Sep 202615.4%18
9 Sep 202615.6%19
8 Sep 202615.7%19
7 Sep 202615.8%19
6 Sep 202616.0%19

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