Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Turquoise Lake
Turquoise Lake and Sugar Loaf Dam
54.0% full
Capacity
159.61 hm³
Volume stored
86 hm³
Vs month average
79% of normal
Coordinates
39.253°N, 106.374°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
54.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-13.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
79%of normal
54.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 68.3% for October across 6 years of readings (-14.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D4exceptional drought
The ground at Turquoise Lake'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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.253°N, 106.374°W · Open in Google Maps
About Turquoise Lake
As of October 27, 2026, Turquoise Lake is filled to 54.0% of its total capacity, holding 86.21 hm³ of water out of a maximum 159.61 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 (-0.1 pp), and it is 13.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Turquoise Lake — 2040 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.4% (April 2, 2022) to a high of 96.2% (July 2, 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 39.253°N, 106.374°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 86.21 hm³
- Total capacity
- 159.61 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 13.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.253°N, 106.374°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 86.21 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 86.26 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 86.26 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.28 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 54.0% | 86.26 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.3 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.28 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.3 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.33 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.4 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 54.1% | 86.42 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 54.2% | 86.49 |