NPIC North Poudre Irrigation Company

🌊 System Status

Live reservoir levels, canal diversions, and water supply data

NPIC Reservoirs

Fossil Creek Reservoir

0.0% 0 / 16000 AF

Park Creek Reservoir

0.0% 0 / 10393 AF

Halligan Reservoir

0.0% 0 / 6400 AF

North Poudre Reservoir #15

0.0% 0 / 3000 AF

North Poudre Reservoir #2

0.0% 0 / 2000 AF

North Poudre Reservoir #3

0.0% 0 / 1500 AF

North Poudre Reservoir #4

0.0% 0 / 1200 AF

C-BT Reservoir Storage (USBR HydroMet)

Horsetooth Reservoir Live

C-BT east-side terminal reservoir — Fort Collins municipal supply

99.9% full 147,902 / 148,070 AF

Updated 10.7 min ago — obs. 03/28/2026 00:15

📌 NPIC holds senior storage right here; key C-BT delivery point

Carter Lake Live

C-BT east-side reservoir — Longmont / Berthoud area supply

96.7% full 108,332 / 112,000 AF

Updated 10.6 min ago — obs. 03/28/2026 00:15

📌 C-BT reservoir; 2026 quota 50% = ~56,000 AF allocation

Granby Reservoir Live

C-BT west-side collection — largest C-BT storage

60.8% full 328,378 / 539,758 AF

Updated 10.6 min ago — obs. 03/28/2026 00:15

📌 West-slope collection; pumped through Adams Tunnel to east slope

Green Mountain Reservoir Live

Blue River C-BT west-side storage — currently low (2026 drought)

36.4% full 56,367 / 154,645 AF

Updated 10.6 min ago — obs. 03/28/2026 00:15

📌 Low fill % this year is a key driver of the 50% C-BT quota

Stream Gauges — Cache la Poudre / N Fork (USGS)

Cache la Poudre at Fort Collins Live

Main stem — NPIC primary diversion reference

3.7 CFS
Low 20 CFS High 1500 CFS

Below typical seasonal low

Updated 10.8 min ago

📌 NPIC diverts from N Fork above this gauge; rights priority #97

N Fork above Halligan Reservoir Live

Inflow to Halligan — shows available storage fill

24.8 CFS
Low 5 CFS High 800 CFS

2% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.8 min ago

📌 Flow above Halligan feeds NPIC reservoir storage

N Fork below Halligan Reservoir Live

Outflow from Halligan — 0 CFS means reservoir holding all inflow

0.0 CFS
Low 0 CFS High 600 CFS

0% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.8 min ago

📌 Near-zero values indicate Halligan is filling or holding water

N Fork at Livermore Live

Upper watershed — early indicator of runoff conditions

2.3 CFS
Low 2 CFS High 400 CFS

0% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.8 min ago

📌 Upstream of Halligan; reflects snowmelt runoff from upper N Fork

Joe Wright Creek below Joe Wright Reservoir Live

Upper Poudre canyon — outflow from Fort Collins's Joe Wright Reservoir

2.6 CFS
Low 1 CFS High 150 CFS

1% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.8 min ago

📌 Joe Wright Reservoir was NPIC-owned until 1972, when NPIC traded it + Michigan Ditch to Fort Collins in exchange for water rights. Fort Collins (NPIC's largest stockholder at ~36% of shares) now operates this reservoir.

Cache la Poudre above Boxelder Live

Lower Poudre near Timnath — downstream of NPIC diversions

1.9 CFS
Low 1 CFS High 500 CFS

0% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.7 min ago

📌 Downstream reference: lower flow here relative to Fort Collins gauge indicates active upstream diversions

Big Thompson River at Loveland Live

C-BT delivery corridor — Lake Estes outflow en route to Horsetooth

16.9 CFS
Low 10 CFS High 1500 CFS

0% of typical seasonal range

Updated 10.7 min ago

📌 C-BT water exits Lake Estes and cascades through Big Thompson Canyon, reaching Loveland before being pumped to Horsetooth Reservoir via the Hansen Supply Canal. Flow here reflects active C-BT deliveries from the Adams Tunnel — a strong signal of how much C-BT water is available for NPIC exchange.

NPIC Canal Diversions (CDSS Telemetry)

North Poudre Canal Live

NPIC primary diversion — N Fork of Cache la Poudre

0.0 CFS / 140 CFS max

0% of max diversion right (140 CFS)

Updated 10.3 min ago

📌 Max diversion right: 140 CFS (WDID 0300994, priority #97)

Munroe Canal Live

NPIC secondary diversion — gravity feed from Poudre

0.0 CFS

Updated 10.3 min ago

📌 Diverts downstream of Horsetooth; gravity-fed to NPIC system

Fossil Creek Outlet Live

Exchange reservoir outlet — not direct irrigation supply

5.7 CFS

Updated 10.3 min ago

📌 Fossil Creek Res (16,000 AF) used for exchange only