Reservoir · Colorado · United States · BOR RISE
Vega Reservoir
Vega Reservoir and Dam
15.0% full
Capacity
40.68 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
Vs month average
59% of normal
Coordinates
39.224°N, 107.811°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
15.0%vs 7 days ago
+5.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-5.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
59%of normal
15.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 25.3% for October across 6 years of readings (-10.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Vega Reservoir'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: 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.224°N, 107.811°W · Open in Google Maps
About Vega Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Vega Reservoir is filled to 15.0% of its total capacity, holding 6.09 hm³ of water out of a maximum 40.68 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.3 percentage points, and it is 5.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Vega Reservoir — 1823 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 8.5% (October 11, 2026) to a high of 104.8% (May 31, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.224°N, 107.811°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 15.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.09 hm³
- Total capacity
- 40.68 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.224°N, 107.811°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 15.0% | 6.09 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 14.6% | 5.92 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 14.0% | 5.68 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 13.2% | 5.38 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 11.6% | 4.73 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 10.2% | 4.15 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 9.9% | 4.03 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 9.7% | 3.94 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 9.5% | 3.87 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 9.4% | 3.81 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 9.2% | 3.74 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 9.0% | 3.67 |