Vega Reservoir water level
▼ 9 points from 17.7% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-09096100, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Vega Reservoir is at 8.7% of full pool as of September 28, 2026. Vega Reservoir was last full on June 25, 2024 (95.2% of normal storage). Vega Reservoir is near Collbran, Colorado.
Vega 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 2003
Vega Reservoir is falling: 8.7% full, down 0.1 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Vega Reservoir was 17.7% full, 9 percentage points higher than today's 8.7%.
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).
Vega Reservoir map
Vega Reservoir is at 39.2250, -107.8117. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Irrigation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Vega Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Vega Reservoir is at 8.7% of full pool as of September 28, 2026.
- Vega Reservoir was last full on June 25, 2024, 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 November 5, 2003.
- In USGS daily data since November 5, 2003, Vega Reservoir's highest storage was 107.5% of normal storage on May 16, 2006. Its lowest after it first filled (May 23, 2004) was 8.7% of normal storage on September 23, 2026. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Vega Reservoir is near Collbran, Colorado (39.2250, -107.8117).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Vega Reservoir.
- Vega Reservoir's dam is used for Irrigation.