Water Supply Report Card

Fall Recharge Report date: October 24, 2026

This is what a normal water year looks like. A 'C' here doesn't mean something is wrong. It means conditions match what we'd typically expect for this time of year, based on decades of historical data. Most years fall in this range.

Overall

Average

Showing the report for October 24, 2026.

Indicator	Grade	Compared with history	Measurement	Share of grade	Ranked against
Upper Reservoir Storage Explore the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation data for Upper Reservoir Storage (opens in a new tab) What this measures Water held in the seven mountain reservoirs that capture Weber Basin runoff. Willard Bay is not included here because of where it sits in the basin.	F	Critical	89,191 of 336,190 acre-feet	25%	23 years (2003–2025)
Total Reservoir Storage Explore the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation data for Total Reservoir Storage (opens in a new tab) What this measures Every reservoir in the system, Willard Bay included. Because storage moves slowly, this is compared against a seven-day window around today rather than this calendar day alone.	D	Concerning	192,916 of 583,379 acre-feet, compared against a seven-day window around this date	20%	23 years (2003–2025)
Precipitation Explore the USDA NRCS data for Precipitation (opens in a new tab) What this measures Rain and melted snow recorded across the basin, added up since the water year began on 1 October. It restarts at zero each October, so early-season figures are always small.	A	Great	4.2 inches, accumulated since the water year began on 1 October	20%	48 years (1978–2025)
Soil Moisture Explore the USDA NRCS data for Soil Moisture (opens in a new tab) What this measures How saturated basin soils are, as a percentage. Dry soils soak up spring runoff before it can reach a reservoir, so a wet autumn helps next year's supply.	A+	Exceptional	68.8% saturation	15%	22 years (2004–2025)
Temperature Explore the USDA NRCS data for Temperature (opens in a new tab) What this measures The average temperature over the last 14 days. Warm spells raise water demand and evaporation, so cooler than normal earns a better grade.	C-	Warmer than usual	41.7 degrees F, 14-day rolling average	20%	22 years (2004–2025)

Report card history

Every day from October 24, 2025 to October 24, 2026 scored the same way, so you can see how the year has moved. The dashed line is where a perfectly ordinary year would sit.

Each indicator over the same year

Upper Reservoir Storage F
Total Reservoir Storage D
Precipitation A
Soil Moisture A+
Temperature C-

Reservoir levels

How full each Weber Basin reservoir was on October 24, 2026.

Pineview 2,205
Echo 23,229
Rockport 24,312
East Canyon 25,266
Lost Creek 6,201
Smith and Morehouse 4,749
Causey 3,230
Willard Bay 103,725
Empty 390,463
Usual for this date

Bigger tile, bigger reservoir. The colored part is the water in it now.
Usual level for this date
About usual or above
Below usual (60 to 90% of usual)
Well below usual (under 60% of usual)

Whole basin: 192,916 of 583,379 acre-feet stored, 33% full. Usual for October 24 is about 301,309, 52%.

Pineview 2% full

2,205 of 110,150 acre-feet

48 points below the usual 50% full
Echo 31% full

23,229 of 74,000 acre-feet

7 points below the usual 38% full
Rockport 39% full

24,312 of 62,120 acre-feet

25 points below the usual 64% full
East Canyon 49% full

25,266 of 51,200 acre-feet

11 points below the usual 60% full
Lost Creek 28% full

6,201 of 22,500 acre-feet

32 points below the usual 60% full
Smith and Morehouse 57% full

4,749 of 8,350 acre-feet

2 points above the usual 55% full
Causey 41% full

3,230 of 7,870 acre-feet

8 points above the usual 33% full
Willard Bay 42% full

103,725 of 247,189 acre-feet

9 points below the usual 51% full

Each reservoir keeps its own color, in the same order, in the whole-basin bar, its legend and its own bar below. Bigger reservoirs get longer bars, so the same percentage of a large reservoir and a small one never look alike. The marker on each bar is the median level this reservoir held on this calendar date across every year on record, and the figure beneath each bar is how many percentage points the level sits above or below that marker. Willard Bay is listed separately because of its location in the basin, which is why it is not included in the Upper Reservoir Storage totals. Each reservoir name links to its Bureau of Reclamation data page.

How this is calculated

Each indicator compares Weber Basin conditions on the report date with every other year on record for the same point in the year, then turns that ranking into a letter grade, the way a school report card would: an ordinary year earns a C, the best years on record earn an A, and the driest earn an F. Temperature is graded so that cooler than normal earns a better grade, because warm weather increases water demand and evaporation.

The overall grade is a weighted blend of the indicators. Weights change by season, so snowpack matters most in winter and spring, and the two reservoir measures together carry the most weight in summer and fall. Snowpack does not count from June through November, when there is little or no snow on the ground to measure. Indicators without data for a date are left out and the remaining weights are rebalanced.

Share of the overall grade by season
Indicator	Fall RechargeOct–Nov (now)	Snow AccumulationDec–Mar	Spring RunoffApr–May	Summer DrawdownJun–Sep
Upper Reservoir Storage	25%	15%	20%	25%
Total Reservoir Storage	20%	15%	10%	20%
Precipitation	20%	10%	10%	20%
Snow Water Equivalent	0%	35%	30%	0%
Soil Moisture	15%	10%	15%	5%
Temperature	20%	15%	15%	30%

Snow Accumulation: the snowpack is next summer's water supply, so it carries the most weight.
Spring Runoff: melting snow refills the reservoirs, so snowpack and storage share the lead.
Summer Drawdown: there is no snow left to measure, so storage and heat, which drives demand and evaporation, carry the grade.
Fall Recharge: storage carries over into the new water year, while precipitation and soil moisture set up next spring's runoff.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reservoir data and USDA NRCS Weber-Ogden basin data. Each indicator in the table links to its own source page.