McPhee Reservoir Water Level Today: 6,858.90 ft, 42% Full
McPhee Reservoir is 6,858.9 feet, 42% full, with 160,560 acre-feet stored and up 0.16 ft over 7 days. Includes current source time, threshold context, and related reservoir links.
This page tracks McPhee Reservoir elevation, storage, percent full, recent movement,
and source information for readers checking current water conditions.
McPhee Reservoir is currently at 6,858.9 feet,
42% full, with
160,560 acre-feet stored, up 0.16 feet over the last 7 days.
Latest reading: 2026-09-07.
McPhee Reservoir reference levels
- Top of active conservation: 65.10 feet below 6,924 feet.
- Spillway crest: 38.10 feet below 6,897 feet.
- Top of inactive: 3.90 feet above 6,855 feet.
- Top of dead: 182.90 feet above 6,676 feet.
McPhee Reservoir historical position
The lowest point in the available West Water Watch history is 6,857.53 feet on 2021-09-21. Today's reading is 1.37 feet above that mark.
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McPhee Reservoir water level today
What is the McPhee Reservoir water level today?
McPhee Reservoir is currently at 6,858.9 feet, with 160,560 acre-feet stored.
How full is McPhee Reservoir?
McPhee Reservoir is 42% full based on the latest storage snapshot.
Is McPhee Reservoir rising or falling?
McPhee Reservoir is rising, up 0.16 feet over the last 7 days.
When was McPhee Reservoir last updated?
McPhee Reservoir's latest reading is dated 2026-09-07 from USBR RISE API.
Is McPhee Reservoir rising or falling?
McPhee Reservoir is rising 0.16 feet over the 7-day window.
McPhee Reservoir is falling 2.9 feet over the 30-day window.
McPhee and Dolores Project storage
McPhee Reservoir is the principal storage feature shown here for the Dolores River and Dolores Project. Its page combines current volume with official active, inactive, and dead-storage elevations rather than applying operating thresholds borrowed from larger Colorado River reservoirs.
Read the current elevation against the 6,855-foot top of inactive storage and the 6,924-foot top of active conservation. The 6,897-foot spillway crest is a structural marker; storage trend and distance from inactive pool are the more useful day-to-day context.
What to watch at McPhee Reservoir
- Buffer above inactive storage
- Storage movement in the Dolores system
- Distance below top of active conservation
Current McPhee Reservoir conditions
- Latest reading
- 2026-09-07
- Current elevation
- 6,858.9 feet
- Current storage
- 160,560 acre-feet
- Percent full
- 42% full
- Seven-day elevation change
- +0.16 feet
- Thirty-day storage change
- -6,649 acre-feet
- Source
- USBR RISE API
- Source updated
- 2026-09-08
- Current water level and storage snapshot
- Recent elevation trend and seven-day movement
- Percent full and source context for Upper Basin