Dillon Reservoir water level today
Storage at Dillon Reservoir in the Colorado River basin (Division 5), from Colorado DWR's daily reading.
About Dillon Reservoir
Dillon Reservoir is one of the 10 reservoirs BasinMind follows in the Colorado River basin, Division 5 of Colorado's seven water divisions. BasinMind's registry lists its operator as Denver Water. Its recorded capacity is 257,304 acre-feet, the second-largest of the 10 and 20% of the capacity BasinMind tracks in the division.
On October 3, 2026 it held 164,566 acre-feet, 64% of that capacity, with room for about 92,738 acre-feet more. Over the seven days before, storage fell by 1,853 acre-feet. Taken together, the division's reservoirs with a current reading stood at 45% of capacity (554,790 of 1,236,931 acre-feet).
Daily storage comes from the Colorado Division of Water Resources, DWR station DILRESCO; the official record is on that station's page. The nearest stream gauge BasinMind reads is Blue River below Dillon, about 1 miles away in a straight line.
An acre-foot is the water that would cover one acre a foot deep, about 325,851 gallons; percent full compares storage with recorded capacity, not with what is normal for the date (cfs and acre-feet).
Other reservoirs in the Colorado River basin
- Lake Granby · 49% full
- Green Mountain Reservoir · 11% full
- Ruedi Reservoir · 38% full
- Williams Fork Reservoir · 26% full
- Wolford Mountain Reservoir
- Homestake Reservoir · 41% full
- Shadow Mountain Reservoir · 92% full
- Rifle Gap Reservoir · 12% full
- Willow Creek Reservoir · 63% full
Stream gauges in the Colorado River basin
- Colorado River near Cameo
- Colorado River near Colorado-Utah State Line
- Colorado River above Gunnison River at Grand Junction
- Colorado River below Glenwood Springs
- Colorado River near Dotsero
- Colorado River near Kremmling
- Colorado River at Windy Gap near Granby
- Colorado River below Lake Granby