Lemon Reservoir water level
▲ 16.4 points from 34.5% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-09362800, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Lemon Reservoir is at 47.1% of full pool as of September 28, 2026. Lemon Reservoir was last full on July 12, 2023 (95.4% of normal storage). Lemon Reservoir is near Durango, Colorado.
Lemon Reservoir level history
This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: USGS daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1990
Lemon Reservoir is rising: 41% full, up 6.8 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Lemon Reservoir was 34.5% full, 6.5 percentage points lower than today's 41%.
Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).
Lemon Reservoir map
Lemon Reservoir is at 37.3825, -107.6628. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Hydropower
- Irrigation
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Lemon Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Lemon Reservoir is at 47.1% of full pool as of September 28, 2026.
- Lemon Reservoir was last full on July 12, 2023, when it held 95.4% of its normal storage. This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Based on USGS daily data since September 30, 1990.
- In USGS daily data since September 30, 1990, Lemon Reservoir's highest storage was 100% of normal storage on June 30, 1993. Its lowest after it first filled (May 22, 1991) was 15% of normal storage on August 27, 2018. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Lemon Reservoir is near Durango, Colorado (37.3825, -107.6628).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Lemon Reservoir.
- Lemon Reservoir's dam is used for Hydropower, Irrigation, Recreation.