Paonia Reservoir water level
▲ 1 point from 1.1% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-09131495, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Paonia Reservoir is at 2.1% of full pool as of September 28, 2026. Paonia Reservoir was last full on July 16, 2006 (95.2% of normal storage). Paonia Reservoir is near Bardine, Colorado.
Paonia 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 1987
Paonia Reservoir is rising: 2.1% full, up 0.5 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Paonia Reservoir was 1.1% full, 1 percentage point lower than today's 2.1%.
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).
Paonia Reservoir map
Paonia Reservoir is at 38.9430, -107.3526. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Irrigation
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Paonia Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Paonia Reservoir is at 2.1% of full pool as of September 28, 2026.
- Paonia Reservoir was last full on July 16, 2006, when it held 95.2% 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 October 20, 1987.
- In USGS daily data since October 20, 1987, Paonia Reservoir's highest storage was 107.1% of normal storage on June 2, 1988. Its lowest after it first filled (November 25, 1987) was 0% of normal storage on August 28, 2012. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Paonia Reservoir is near Bardine, Colorado (38.9430, -107.3526).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Paonia Reservoir.
- Paonia Reservoir's dam is used for Flood control, Irrigation, Recreation.