Morrow Point Reservoir Water Level
Part of the Aspinall Unit in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, directly below Blue Mesa. Morrow Point is a hydropower reservoir held near full year-round.
USBR daily reading for Oct 23, 2026
- PERCENT FULL
- 93.4%
- 7-DAY CHANGE
- +0.5 pts
- ELEVATION
- 7,150.5 ft
- water surface, above sea level
- ACRE-FEET
- 109.4K
- of 117.2K capacity
- GALLONS
- 35.66B
- of 38.19B
Water balance, 7 days to Oct 23, 2026
- Inflow
- 10,167 af
- Reclamation's measured inflow
- Release
- 9,542 af
- Water passed downstream through the dam
- Change in storage
- +614 af
- From the daily storage readings; the difference from inflow minus release is evaporation, diversions and rounding
Trend
- 7 days
- +0.5 pts
- vs. the reading a week earlier
- 1 year
- −3.8 pts
- vs. end of Sep 2025 (97.2%)
- 10-year low
- 84.0%
- end of Sep 2018
- 10-year high
- 99.2%
- end of Feb 2024
Yearly figures and the high/low compare end-of-month storage from Reclamation's monthly series with the latest daily reading. This site does not project future levels; for official 24-month projections see Reclamation's 24-Month Study. How each figure is derived is explained in the FAQ.
10-Year Historical Trend
End-of-month storage as a percent of capacity. Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Dashed lines are this site's warning (50%) and critical (30%) marks.
About Morrow Point Reservoir
Morrow Point Reservoir is on the Gunnison River in CO. Reclamation's capacity figure for it is 117,190 acre-feet (total capacity), about 38.19B gallons.
Part of the Aspinall Unit in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, directly below Blue Mesa. Morrow Point is a hydropower reservoir held near full year-round.
As of Oct 23, 2026, the reservoir held 109,425 acre-feet, 93.4% of capacity, up 0.5 pts from the reading seven days earlier, with the water surface at 7,150.5 feet above sea level. Storage figures are U.S. Bureau of Reclamation daily readings; recent values are provisional and may be revised.
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