Blue Mesa Water Data

As of: Tue, May 26, 2026

7,456.58 MSL

Elevation Change

-0.35 ft

Inflow

1,047 cfs

Outflow

2,070 cfs

Inflows for Yr (% of last year)

71.92%

Inflows for Yr (% of AllTime Avg)

62.54%

River Flows (% of Avg)

36.18%

Snowpack SWE (% of Avg)

13.57%

Blue Mesa is at 41.79% of capacity, down 62.82 ft from Full Pool (7519') and down 26.79 ft from a year ago

Date	Elevation	Change	Content	Inflow	Outflow	High/Low
Tue May 26, 2026	7,456.58	-0.35	346,654	1,047	2,070	64.0 / 44.1
Mon May 25, 2026	7,456.93	-0.35	348,713	1,038	2,066	70.0 / 39.3
Sun May 24, 2026	7,457.28	-0.42	350,780	822	2,064	69.3 / 36.9
Sat May 23, 2026	7,457.70	-0.43	353,269	786	2,063	65.5 / 32.3
Fri May 22, 2026	7,458.13	-0.17	355,830	803	1,303	62.7 / 32.9
Thu May 21, 2026	7,458.30	0.30	356,848	1,469	551	63.0 / 31.8
Wed May 20, 2026	7,458.00	-0.13	355,054	283	660	60.3 / 37.6
Tue May 19, 2026	7,458.13	0.15	355,830	1,068	603	58.6 / 32.6
Mon May 18, 2026	7,457.98	0.23	354,935	1,305	602	49.1 / 38.0
Sun May 17, 2026	7,457.75	0.18	353,566	1,153	601	62.5 / 39.6
Sat May 16, 2026	7,457.57	0.24	352,497	1,331	602	72.6 / 39.9
Fri May 15, 2026	7,457.33	0.19	351,075	1,181	601	70.5 / 38.5
Thu May 14, 2026	7,457.14	0.17	349,952	1,120	602	70.8 / 44.7
Wed May 13, 2026	7,456.97	0.10	348,949	910	601	74.6 / 41.0

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@timmer0858 · May 21

@BrandonFugal @pritchett26291 Brandon, that blue glow over the mesa looks to me to be some distance BEYOND the mesa.
Over bottle hollow reservoir?

Gunnison 2026 Fishing at Blue Mesa Reservoir

Mike Rafferty • May 25, 2026

Memorial Day weekend prep. #bluemesareservoir #myacht #bostonwhaler

Jeremiah Proffitt • May 22, 2026

Blue Mesa - Gunnison County CO

HypesRoadToNoWhere • May 21, 2026

Another HEAVY One! Blue Mesa Lake Trout

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