Current Status
Last Updated: May 09, 2025
As of May 6, 2025 (end of day), Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation is 6027.03 feet, which amounts to 86 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow volume for the month of April is approximately 109,000 acre-feet (af), which is 87 percent of the average unregulated inflow volume.Current average daily release is approximately 1,000 cfs, pending hydrology. A new operational plan will be finalized in May 2025, and will cover from May 2025 through April 2026.
Spring Release -- This year’s Spring Peak release is scheduled from May 15 through May 17th and is expected to be timed with peak flows on the Yampa. Pending Yampa flows, the target is to have achieve greater than 8,300 cfs for 7 days or less at the Jensen stream gage. Releases from Flaming Gorge Dam will peak at approximately 4,600 cfs for at least 1 day, pending hydrologic conditions.
Water will be colder than usual and will run high and swift. These conditions can quickly overcome even the strongest swimmer.
This release plan is subject to change depending on evolving river and weather forecasts. Those recreating on, working around, or traveling to the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam should monitor river conditions.
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 May unregulated inflow forecast into Flaming Gorge for the next three months projects below average conditions. May, June, and July forecasted unregulated inflow volumes are 185,000 af (74 percent of average), 305,000 af (78 percent of average), and 152,000 af (75 percent of average), respectively.
The May water supply forecast of the April through July unregulated inflow volume into Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 750,000 acre-feet (78 percent of average). Current snowpack is 87 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 Flaming Gorge Working Group meeting in August 2025 2025.
Past working group meeting summaries can be accessed on the Working Group pages.
