Current Status
Last Updated: April 6, 2026
As of April 05, 2026, the Fontenelle Reservoir pool elevation is 6480.90 feet, which amounts to 49 percent of live storage capacity. Inflows for the month of March totaled approximately 56,520 acre-feet (af) or 99 percent of average.
Current releases are 800 cfs. The reelase is expected to remain constant through April, pending conditions on the Green River this spring.
The April final forecast for unregulated inflows into Fontenelle for the next three months projects below average conditions. April, May, and June Most Probable inflow volumes amount to 75,000 af (89 percent of average), 90,000 af (51 percent of average), and 195,000 af (64 percent of average), respectively.
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 April 22, 2026 in Green River, WY.
Prior Fontenelle Working Group meeting minutes are available online on USBR’s website at the Working Group webpage. The Fontenelle Working Group is an open public forum for information exchange between Reclamation and other parties associated with the operation of Fontenelle Reservoir.
