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Utah

30.8% average fill

Measured

Volume stored

11,977 hm³

Measured capacity

38,845 hm³

Critical

Low level

Below month average

19 of 27

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Drought Monitor · 20 October 2026

Weekly map · area in each category

Drought status

91.3%

of the area in drought (D1 or worse)

Worst category: D3 extreme drought

down 8.7 points on the week

D0 8.7%D1 29.4%D2 48.3%D3 13.6%D4 0%

Severe or worse (D2+)

61.9%

Extreme or worse (D3+)

13.6%

DSCI

2670–500

People in drought

2.7 million

Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)

30.8% full27 tracked

Reservoirs on drought ground

21 of 2711 in D2 or worse

As of the 20 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 91.3% of Utah was in drought (D1 or worse), with 13.6% in extreme or exceptional drought (D3–D4). The 27 reservoirs we track in Utah were 30.8% full on their latest readings. 21 of 27 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 11 of them in severe drought (D2) or worse.

The Drought Monitor maps where conditions are dry this week — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not how much water is stored. Reservoir storage lags it by months, so a region can be in drought with full reservoirs, or out of drought with empty ones. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.

Reservoirs

Sorted by capacity

Lake Powell

low

23.0%7,102 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 80% of month avg· D2

Flaming Gorge Reservoir

64.2%3,000 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 83% of month avg· D1

Strawberry Reservoir

75.8%1,035 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 91% of month avg· D2

Jordanelle Reservoir

49.1%220 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 81% of month avg· D2

Willard Bay Reservoir

48.1%128 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 84% of month avg· D2

Starvation Reservoir

59.1%121 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 87% of month avg· D0

Deer Creek Reservoir

49.5%93 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 80% of month avg· D2

Pineview Reservoir

critical

2.0%3 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 4% of month avg· D1

Echo Reservoir

low

31.8%29 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 64% of month avg· D1

Scofield Reservoir

low

30.7%28 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 63% of month avg· D2

Rockport Reservoir

low

39.4%30 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 75% of month avg· D1

Joes Valley Reservoir

low

34.6%26 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 57% of month avg· D3

East Canyon Reservoir

49.5%31 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 81% of month avg· D1

Moon Lake Reservoir

48.6%30 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 155% of month avg· D0

Steinaker Reservoir

43.7%21 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 136% of month avg· D0

Upper Stillwater Reservoir

55.3%23 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 99% of month avg· D0

Red Fleet Reservoir

low

35.8%11 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 82% of month avg· D0

Lost Creek Reservoir

low

27.5%8 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 52% of month avg· D1

Hyrum Reservoir

critical

14.4%3 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 41% of month avg· D2

Currant Creek Reservoir

96.3%19 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 105% of month avg· D2

Stateline Reservoir

41.0%7 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 122% of month avg· D0

Causey Reservoir

41.7%4 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 119% of month avg· D1

Newton Reservoir

critical

1.3%0 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 6% of month avg· D2

Huntington North Reservoir

low

29.0%2 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-26· 68% of month avg· D2

Washington Lake

60.5%2 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 134% of month avg· D1

Trial Lake

51.2%1 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-25· 109% of month avg· D1

Lost Lake

64.1%1 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-24· 112% of month avg· D1

Storage from official US gauges (USGS, USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, CDEC) and, in Texas, the Texas Water Development Board. Fill % uses design capacity from the National Inventory of Dams where available; Water Data for Texas lakes use that board's conservation capacity; a few sites without a match fall back to the 5-year maximum. "% of month avg" compares the current fill with the reservoir’s own average for this calendar month over its readings on record. D0–D4 is the U.S. Drought Monitor category of the ground at the reservoir’s coordinates on the latest weekly map — local conditions, not storage.

About reservoirs in Utah

As of October 26, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Utah that report live levels hold roughly 11,977 hm³ of water — about 30.8% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Utah's reservoirs are low.

Across the region, 3 reservoirs are at critically low levels and 8 are low. Currant Creek Reservoir is the fullest at 96.3%, while Newton Reservoir is the lowest at 1.3%.

Over the most recent week on record, 14 reservoirs rose across Utah.

Storage figures for Utah come from USGS · USACE · BOR · CDEC; the most recent reading is from October 26, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.

Utah at a glance

Reservoirs tracked: 27
Average fill: 30.8%
Water stored: 11,977 hm³
Combined capacity: 38,845 hm³
At critically low levels: 3
Fullest: Currant Creek Reservoir (96.3%)
Lowest: Newton Reservoir (1.3%)
Last updated: October 26, 2026

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