Flaming Gorge

Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Current Status

Last Updated: March 07, 2025

As of March 06, 2025 (end of day), Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation is 6026.21 feet, which amounts to 85 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow volume for the month of February is approximately 65,500 acre-feet (af), which is 145 percent of the average February unregulated inflow volume.

Current average daily release is approximately 900 cfs. Flaming Gorge has started the Transition Period (March-April). Releases will fluctuate pending hydrology to meet the May 1st pool elevation target of approx. 6027 ft.

Forecasted (tentative and subject to change) hourly release schedules can be found by visiting the Colorado River Basin Forecast Center (CBRFC) at this website:  CBRFC Reservoir Outflow Hydrograph

Please note that the CBRFC data is in Zulu time, which is 6 hours later than MDT. For example, 6 pm Zulu (Z) is 12 pm MDT.

The March unregulated inflows into Flaming Gorge for the next three months project below average conditions. March, April, and May forecasted unregulated inflow volumes 85,000 af (80 percent of average), 100,000 af (80 percent of average), and 145,000 af (58 percent of average), respectively.

The March water supply forecast of the April through July unregulated inflow volume into Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 660,000 acre-feet (68 percent of average). Current snowpack is 104 percent of median for the Upper Green Basin.

To view the most current reservoir elevation, content, inflow and release, click on: Flaming Gorge Reservoir Data.


Working Group Meetings

The Flaming Gorge Working Group is an open public forum for information exchange between Reclamation and the stakeholders of Flaming Gorge Dam. The public is encouraged to attend and comment on the operations and plans presented by Reclamation at these meetings. Meeting notes from past Working Group meetings are posted on the Working Group webpage. For more information on this group and these meetings please contact Alex Pivarnik at 385-475-8329.

Reclamation is planning to hold a Flaming Gorge Working Group meeting on March 13, 2025, via Teams virtual meeting.

Past working group meeting summaries can be accessed on the  Working Group pages.


Contact

Please contact the Operations Group via e-mail at ResourceMgr@usbr.gov for additional information.

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Last Updated: 3/07/25