6011.47 ft USBR project datum
level 28.5 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Reading comes straight from Bureau of Reclamation RISE (Reclamation RISE item 341) and updates live when you load this page.
Flaming Gorge Reservoir through the year
The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1980–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.
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.
- 1983 (wettest on record)
- 2003 (driest on record)
- 2025 (last year)
- 2026 (this year)
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 | 6040.00 ft USBR project datum · per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference |
|---|---|
| Conservation capacity | 3,788,900 acre-feet · per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region capacity reference |
| Gauge | Reclamation RISE item 341 · Bureau of Reclamation RISE |
| Datum | USBR project datum — USBR: full at 6,040 ft = 3,788,900 ac-ft. |
| Last verified | August 15, 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 Flaming Gorge Reservoir right now?
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is at 6011.47 ft (USBR project datum) as of August 14, 2026 — 28.5 ft below full pool — unusually low for mid-August
Is Flaming Gorge Reservoir full?
Not quite — at 6011.47 ft, Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 28.5 ft below its full pool of 6040.00 ft (USBR project datum).
What is full pool for Flaming Gorge Reservoir?
Full pool (the conservation pool) for Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 6040.00 ft USBR project datum, per USBR Upper Colorado Basin Region full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.