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Willow Creek Reservoir water level today

Storage at Willow Creek Reservoir in the Colorado River basin (Division 5), from Colorado DWR's daily reading.

Figures as of · Advisory only — confirm water rights with Colorado DWR.

Storage6,653 AFof 10,553 acre-feet capacityColorado DWR · Oct 3, 2026
Full63%of recorded capacityColorado DWR · Oct 3, 2026
7-day change−177 AFover the 7 days to the readingColorado DWR · Oct 3, 2026

About Willow Creek Reservoir

Willow Creek 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 USBR / Northern Water (C-BT). Its recorded capacity is 10,553 acre-feet, the tenth-largest of the 10 and 1% of the capacity BasinMind tracks in the division.

On October 3, 2026 it held 6,653 acre-feet, 63% of that capacity, with room for about 3,900 acre-feet more. Over the seven days before, storage fell by 177 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 WILRESCO; the official record is on that station's page. The nearest stream gauge BasinMind reads is Willow Creek below Willow Creek Reservoir, 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

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Sources

  1. Colorado Division of Water Resources — station WILRESCO
  2. Colorado's Decision Support Systems (CDSS) — telemetry
  3. Bureau of Reclamation — Upper Colorado hydrodata