# Blue Mesa at 301,580 af, 48% Below the 5-Year Median _Jun 25, 2026_ > Blue Mesa at 301,580 af, 48% below the 5-year median, heads into peak drawdown. Elephant Butte dropped 32% on the week. Rio Grande gauge at 0 cfs. Wyoming at 100% drought coverage. Blue Mesa Reservoir stood at **301,580 af** this week, per US Bureau of Reclamation, **48% below the 5-year median** for this date and down 6% on the week. The Gunnison basin reservoir heads into peak irrigation drawdown substantially below the storage normal for this date. Colorado drought coverage is 97% of area (D1-D4), 55 pts above the 5-year median, per the US Drought Monitor. [Chart: Blue Mesa Reservoir storage](https://the-waterline.com/reservoir/blue-mesa-reservoir) ([data](https://the-waterline.com/reservoir/blue-mesa-reservoir.md) — chart image: https://the-waterline.com/charts/reservoir/blue-mesa-reservoir/chart.png) - **Elephant Butte Reservoir** fell to **92,071 af**, down 32% on the week and 44% below the 5-year median, per US Bureau of Reclamation. The lower Rio Grande's primary storage buffer enters peak drawdown season well short of normal levels. - The tracked **Rio Grande gauge** read **0 cfs** this week, per USGS, the largest departure from normal of any site in this issue. - **Yampa-Green** streamflow dropped to **313 cfs**, down 61% on the week and 85% below the 5-year median, per USGS. - **Wyoming** drought coverage hit **100%** of the state in D1-D4 conditions, 56 pts above the 5-year median and up 2 pts on the week, per the US Drought Monitor. Idaho reached 97%, 59 pts above median, also up 2 pts. - **Oregon** stands at 87% drought coverage (D1-D4), 45 pts above the 5-year median, and Klamath County at 86%, 54 pts above median. Neither changed this week, per the US Drought Monitor. **Allocations (standing status):** CVP agricultural and municipal allocations north-of-Delta remain at 100% of contract, set by US Bureau of Reclamation in February. SWP stands at 45%, set by the California Department of Water Resources on May 1. No allocation changed this week. *Data note: CVP series have not updated in over two weeks. Treat any CVP figure as stale.* --- Canonical URL: https://the-waterline.com/issues/2026-06-25