Blue Mesa Reservoir Water Level Today: 7,418.62 ft, 20% Full
Blue Mesa Reservoir is 7,418.62 feet, 20% full, with 163,931 acre-feet stored and down 3.46 ft over 7 days. Includes current source time, threshold context, and related reservoir links.
This page tracks Blue Mesa Reservoir elevation, storage, percent full, recent movement,
and source information for readers checking current water conditions.
Blue Mesa Reservoir is currently at 7,418.62 feet,
20% full, with
163,931 acre-feet stored, down 3.46 feet over the last 7 days.
Latest reading: 2026-09-07.
Blue Mesa Reservoir reference levels
- Full pool: 101.02 feet below 7,519.64 feet.
Blue Mesa Reservoir historical position
The lowest point in the available West Water Watch history is 7,418.62 feet on 2026-09-07. Today's reading is 0.00 feet above that mark.
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Blue Mesa Reservoir water level today
What is the Blue Mesa Reservoir water level today?
Blue Mesa Reservoir is currently at 7,418.62 feet, with 163,931 acre-feet stored.
How full is Blue Mesa Reservoir?
Blue Mesa Reservoir is 20% full based on the latest storage snapshot.
Is Blue Mesa Reservoir rising or falling?
Blue Mesa Reservoir is falling, down 3.46 feet over the last 7 days.
When was Blue Mesa Reservoir last updated?
Blue Mesa Reservoir's latest reading is dated 2026-09-07 from USBR RISE API.
Is Blue Mesa Reservoir rising or falling?
Blue Mesa Reservoir is falling 3.46 feet over the 7-day window.
Blue Mesa Reservoir is falling 14.06 feet over the 30-day window.
Blue Mesa in the Gunnison system
Blue Mesa is the largest storage reservoir in the Aspinall Unit sequence on the Gunnison River. Its volume provides the broadest view of stored Gunnison Basin supply before water moves through the smaller Morrow Point and Crystal reservoirs downstream.
Read percent full with the 7-day and 30-day elevation changes. A seasonal rise can show runoff entering storage, while a decline can reflect releases or weaker inflow; comparing all three Aspinall reservoirs helps separate systemwide movement from local operations.
What to watch at Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Storage change across runoff season
- Direction relative to Morrow Point and Crystal
- Distance below the 7,519.64-foot full-pool reference
Current Blue Mesa Reservoir conditions
- Latest reading
- 2026-09-07
- Current elevation
- 7,418.62 feet
- Current storage
- 163,931 acre-feet
- Percent full
- 20% full
- Seven-day elevation change
- -3.46 feet
- Thirty-day storage change
- -59,071 acre-feet
- Source
- USBR RISE API
- Source updated
- 2026-09-08
- Current water level and storage snapshot
- Recent elevation trend and seven-day movement
- Percent full and source context for Upper Basin