Colorado · Bureau of Reclamation (Fruitgrowers Dam)

Fruitgrowers Reservoir water level

Today's reading against full pool and Fruitgrowers Reservoir's own seasonal history.

5470 5475
Elevation, feet (NGVD29)

as of August 19, 2026

5467.47 ft NGVD29

level Reading is unusually low for mid-August.

Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 09143600) and updates live when you load this page.


Fruitgrowers Reservoir through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 2005–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

5460 5470 5480 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 2005–2026 · elevation, feet (NGVD29)

This year vs the years that matter

This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.

5460 5470 5480 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2006 (wettest on record)
  • 2020 (driest on record)

Full pool, datum, and the gauge

"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.

Full pool not published by the operator
Gauge USGS gauge 09143600 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System
Datum NGVD29
Last verified August 20, 2026

LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.

Quick answers

How full is Fruitgrowers Reservoir right now?

Fruitgrowers Reservoir is at 5467.47 ft (NGVD29) as of August 19, 2026 — Reading is unusually low for mid-August.

Is Fruitgrowers Reservoir full?

Bureau of Reclamation (Fruitgrowers Dam) doesn't publish a conservation-pool figure for Fruitgrowers Reservoir, so this page shows the reading against the lake's own seasonal history instead.

What is full pool for Fruitgrowers Reservoir?

Bureau of Reclamation (Fruitgrowers Dam) doesn't publish a single conservation-pool elevation for Fruitgrowers Reservoir. The seasonal chart shows the range the lake actually runs instead.