6007.92 ft USBR project datum
level 32.1 ft below full pool — unusually low for late September
Reading comes straight from Bureau of Reclamation RISE (Reclamation RISE item 341) and updates live when you load this page.
Is Flaming Gorge Reservoir full?
Not quite — 32.1 ft below full pool as of September 22, 2026
How full is Flaming Gorge Reservoir? Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.
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.
- 2026 (this year)
- 2025 (last year)
- 1983 (wettest on record)
- 2003 (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 | 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
What is the lake level for Flaming Gorge Reservoir today?
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is at 6007.92 ft (USBR project datum) as of September 22, 2026 — 32.1 ft below full pool — unusually low for late September.
Is Flaming Gorge Reservoir full?
Not quite — at 6007.92 ft on September 22, 2026, Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 32.1 ft below its full pool of 6040.00 ft (USBR project datum).
How full is Flaming Gorge Reservoir?
Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.
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.