Country: USA

Shadow Mountain Lake water level today

Reservoir in Colorado

8,366.67ft
2,550.16 m
Measured · provisional
24 hours
▲ 0.03 ft
7 days
▼ 0.05 ft
30 days
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What this means

The lake has fallen 0.05 ft in 7 days.

Since 2026, the lowest daily level was 8,366.60 ft (Oct 2026) and the highest 8,366.73 ft (Oct 2026).

Shadow Mountain Lake level chart

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)

Records & details

Highest
8,366.73 ft on Oct 13, 2026
Lowest
8,366.60 ft on Oct 7, 2026
Records from
2026 (0 years of daily data)
Storage
16,915 acre-ft
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Shadow Mountain Dam

Height
63 ft
Completed
1946
Purposes
Irrigation
Owner
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Normal storage
18,369 acre-ft
Surface area
1,852 acres

National Inventory of Dams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). All dam facts →

Boat ramps on Shadow Mountain Lake

2 ramps without a name, on the map: 12

2 ramps listed. Links open the ramp's location on OpenStreetMap. Check the managing agency for closures, especially at low water. All Colorado boat ramps →

Campgrounds near Shadow Mountain Lake

All 6 campgrounds, reservations and phone numbers →

Federal campgrounds from Recreation.gov; straight-line distance from the lake's gauge or dam.

Weather & wind

This Afternoon59°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind WSW 13 mph
Tonight29°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind W 2 to 8 mph
Saturday49°F · Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wind ENE 3 to 13 mph
Saturday Night25°F · Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Wind ENE 3 to 14 mph
Sunday53°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers
Wind SE 1 to 7 mph
Sunday Night25°F · Rain And Snow Showers Likely
Wind S 1 to 5 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.

Nearby lakes

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