Current Status
Last Updated: April 09, 2025
As of April 07, 2025 (end of day), Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation is 6026.36 feet, which amounts to 85 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow volume for the month of March is approximately 81,400 acre-feet (af), which is 77 percent of the average unregulated inflow volume.Current average daily release is approximately 1200 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 April unregulated inflows into Flaming Gorge for the next three months project below average conditions. April, May, and June forecasted unregulated inflow volumes 115,000 af (92 percent of average), 185,000 af (74 percent of average), and 320,000 af (82 percent of average), respectively.
The April water supply forecast of the April through July unregulated inflow volume into Flaming Gorge Reservoir is 770,000 acre-feet (80 percent of average). Current snowpack is 100 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 meetings on April 15, 2025, at 12:00 pm Virtually-via Teams and tentatively in-person.
Past working group meeting summaries can be accessed on the Working Group pages.
