Current Status

Last Updated: August 5, 2020

As of August 4, 2020, the Fontenelle Reservoir pool elevation is 6503.86 feet, which amounts to 95 percent of live storage capacity. Inflows for the month of July totaled 145,000 acre-feet (af) or 82 percent of average.

As the forecast continues to show inflows into Fontenelle dropping through the Summer we anticipate lowering relases. Consequently, releases were decreased beginning on July 22nd and ending on July 23th from 1,700 cfs to 1,300 cfs.

The August final forecast for unregulated inflows into Fontenelle for the next three months projects below average conditions.  August, September, and October inflow volumes amount to 60,000 af (78 percent of average), 40,000 af (87 percent of average), and 45,000 af (93 percent of average), respectively. 

The final total water supply of the April through July inflow volume into the Fontenelle Reservoir is 677,000 acre-feet (93 percent of average).

Please refer to the following link for Green River flow projections, through Green River, WY, provided by the Colorado River Basin Forecast Center: CBRFC Green River, WY Projection

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

Working Group Meetings

The next Fontenelle Working Group meeting is scheduled for August 27, 2020. The meeting will be held at 10:00 am at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Depending on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation we may need to change it to a virtual meeting using WebEX. The Fontenelle Working Group is an open public forum for information exchange between Reclamation and other parties associated with the operation of Fontenelle Reservoir. Minutes from the meeting are currently posted on the Working Group webpages.