Reservoir · Colorado · United States · USGS NWIS
Wolford Mountain Reservoir
29.8% full
Capacity
81.39 hm³
Volume stored
24 hm³
Coordinates
40.113°N, 106.415°W
Last updated
2026-09-30
Current fill
29.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-40.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Data source: USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) — 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: 2026-09-30.
Catchment Weather
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About Wolford Mountain Reservoir
As of September 30, 2026, Wolford Mountain Reservoir is filled to 29.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 24 hm³ of water out of a maximum 81 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 40.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Wolford Mountain Reservoir — 1392 data points between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 29.8% (September 29, 2026) to a high of 101.7% (June 1, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Colorado basin at 40.113°N, 106.415°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.8%
- Water stored
- 24 hm³
- Total capacity
- 81 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 40.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Colorado
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 40.113°N, 106.415°W
- Last updated
- September 30, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | 29.8% | 24 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 29.8% | 24 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 29.9% | 24 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 30.0% | 24 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 30.0% | 24 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 30.1% | 24 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 30.2% | 25 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 30.2% | 25 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 30.4% | 25 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 30.5% | 25 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 30.7% | 25 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | 31.1% | 25 |