Hi tygb, this helped - i see i some consistency and some more info through these interfaces.
To answer my own question:
Seems a few ways to get to info:
icloud.com/settings
local settings-> icloud -> manage
apple -> sysinfo -> storage, then also manage
ios -> settings -> general -> iphone storage (local to iphone, but will impact numbers above)
ios -> settings -> <icloudid> -> icloud -> manage storage
but the storage amounts listed are not always matching. strange
example: ios photos shows 80g storage, but in icloud "images and videos" is only 7.7gb, and the pictures folder in local system is 100+G
Another thing I noticed was at bottom of finder, if you have the status bar on, it now says it's uploading documents to icloud with the stats. that is the most helpful actually....
sorry i marked the wrong post "helpful"! meant to give that to you...