Blue Mesa Reservoir water level
▼ 37.4 points from 56.5% a year ago
Source: data.usbr.gov/rise/api/catalog-item/78, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Blue Mesa Reservoir is at 19.2% of full pool (7413.1 ft) as of September 26, 2026. Blue Mesa Reservoir was last full on August 20, 2023 (95% of normal storage). Blue Mesa Reservoir is near Gunnison, Colorado.
Blue Mesa Reservoir level history
This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: Bureau of Reclamation daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1966
Blue Mesa Reservoir is falling: 19.3% full, down 0.4 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Blue Mesa Reservoir was 56.5% full, 37.2 percentage points higher than today's 19.3%.
Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).
Blue Mesa Reservoir map
Blue Mesa Reservoir is at 38.4533, -107.3342. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Hydropower
- Irrigation
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Blue Mesa Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Blue Mesa Reservoir is at 19.2% of full pool (7413.1 ft) as of September 26, 2026.
- Blue Mesa Reservoir was last full on August 20, 2023, when it held 95% of its normal storage (elevation 7,506.28 ft). This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Based on Bureau of Reclamation daily data since January 31, 1966.
- In Bureau of Reclamation daily data since November 30, 1965, Blue Mesa Reservoir's highest elevation was 7,519.64 ft on July 8, 1970. Its lowest after it first filled (July 23, 1969) was 7,413.1 ft on September 26, 2026. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Blue Mesa Reservoir is near Gunnison, Colorado (38.4533, -107.3342).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Blue Mesa Reservoir.
- Blue Mesa Reservoir's dam is used for Flood control, Hydropower, Irrigation, Recreation.