Yamcolo Reservoir water level today
Storage at Yamcolo Reservoir in the Yampa-White-Green basin (Division 6), from Colorado DWR's daily reading.
About Yamcolo Reservoir
Yamcolo Reservoir is one of the 4 reservoirs BasinMind follows in the Yampa-White-Green basin, Division 6 of Colorado's seven water divisions. BasinMind's registry lists its operator as Upper Yampa WCD. Its recorded capacity is 9,621 acre-feet, the fourth-largest of the 4 and 10% of the capacity BasinMind tracks in the division.
On October 3, 2026 it held 1,908 acre-feet, 20% of that capacity, with room for about 7,713 acre-feet more. Over the seven days before, storage rose by 123 acre-feet. Taken together, the division's reservoirs with a current reading stood at 20% of capacity (1,908 of 9,621 acre-feet).
Daily storage comes from the Colorado Division of Water Resources, DWR station YAMRESCO; the official record is on that station's page. The nearest stream gauge BasinMind reads is North Fork White River below Trappers Lake, about 10 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 Yampa-White-Green basin
Stream gauges in the Yampa-White-Green basin
- White River below Boise Creek near Rangely
- Yellow Creek near White River
- Yampa River near Maybell
- White River above Coal Creek near Meeker
- North Fork White River at Buford
- South Fork White River near Budges Resort
- Yampa River above Stagecoach Reservoir
- Yampa River at Steamboat Springs