Blue Mesa
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Water Summary
Today is day 61 of 365 for water year 2026.
We are 17% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 7465.86 on Sunday, November 30th, 2025
Blue Mesa was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 29, 2025
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| Elevation & Content |
Water Inflow Data |
Blue Mesa Dam Release Data | Blue Mesa is 53.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 7519.40 )
By content, Blue Mesa is 48.72% of Full Pool (829,500 af)
| Total inflows for water year 2026: 75,520 acre feet
This is 105.4% of the average of 71,649 acre feet | Total releases for water year 2026: 88,524 acre feet
This is % of last year's release of 797,484 acre feet |
| During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 154,125 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 13,004 AF |
| Inflows for WY 2026 are 106.62% of WY 2025
Rivers feeding Blue Mesa are running at 101.22% of the avg. Click for Details
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Blue Mesa is down -17.16 feet from one year ago. Blue Mesa is up 1.85 feet from the low for water year.
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Last 14 Measurements
Blue Mesa is up 0.82 feet over these measurements
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
CHANGE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sun, Nov 30, 2025 |
7465.86 |
0.08 |
404,093 |
n/a |
n/a |
35.2 |
15.8 |
| Sat, Nov 29, 2025 |
7465.78 |
-0.01 |
403,574 |
267 |
297 |
35.6 |
15.6 |
| Fri, Nov 28, 2025 |
7465.79 |
0.12 |
403,639 |
686 |
291 |
45.5 |
21.6 |
| Thu, Nov 27, 2025 |
7465.67 |
0.06 |
402,861 |
508 |
309 |
45.5 |
22.5 |
| Wed, Nov 26, 2025 |
7465.61 |
0.02 |
402,473 |
376 |
307 |
42.3 |
16.0 |
| Tue, Nov 25, 2025 |
7465.59 |
0.05 |
402,343 |
520 |
354 |
37.0 |
18.9 |
| Mon, Nov 24, 2025 |
7465.54 |
0.06 |
402,020 |
549 |
350 |
36.0 |
21.0 |
| Sun, Nov 23, 2025 |
7465.48 |
0.03 |
401,632 |
456 |
355 |
36.5 |
28.6 |
| Sat, Nov 22, 2025 |
7465.45 |
0.03 |
401,438 |
506 |
405 |
43.0 |
18.1 |
| Fri, Nov 21, 2025 |
7465.42 |
0.04 |
401,244 |
559 |
426 |
38.7 |
19.9 |
| Thu, Nov 20, 2025 |
7465.38 |
0.05 |
400,986 |
536 |
370 |
44.6 |
28.0 |
| Wed, Nov 19, 2025 |
7465.33 |
0.14 |
400,663 |
475 |
16 |
41.4 |
22.8 |
| Tue, Nov 18, 2025 |
7465.19 |
0.15 |
399,760 |
496 |
6 |
43.3 |
25.0 |
| Mon, Nov 17, 2025 |
7465.04 |
0.19 |
398,793 |
633 |
14 |
41.9 |
28.0 |
| Averages of List |
7465.51 |
0.07 |
401,823 |
505.2 |
269.2 |
40.5 |
21.6 |
Averages for November 30th
| AVERAGE TYPE |
ELEVATION |
CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Since Filled (07-03-1970) |
7484.47 |
-18.61 |
548,526 |
475.89 |
909.37 |
36.24 |
6.60 |
| All-Time |
7484.82 |
-18.96 |
551,161 |
473.44 |
916.67 |
36.24 |
6.60 |
Last 10 November 30th's data records
| DATE MEASURED |
ELEVATION |
TODAY vs THEN |
CONTENT |
INFLOW (cfs) |
OUTFLOW (cfs) |
HIGH TEMP |
LOW TEMP |
| Sat, Nov 30, 2024 |
7483.02 |
-17.16 |
524,350 |
304 |
376 |
35.7 |
5.5 |
| Thu, Nov 30, 2023 |
7491.85 |
-25.99 |
592,222 |
466 |
383 |
36.0 |
5.2 |
| Wed, Nov 30, 2022 |
7444.83 |
21.03 |
281,761 |
424 |
448 |
34.5 |
-3.1 |
| Tue, Nov 30, 2021 |
7431.94 |
33.92 |
219,656 |
357 |
219 |
52.0 |
11.0 |
| Mon, Nov 30, 2020 |
7464.59 |
1.27 |
400,141 |
387 |
190 |
27.0 |
-1.0 |
| Sat, Nov 30, 2019 |
7497.63 |
-31.77 |
641,987 |
442 |
1012 |
44.0 |
18.0 |
| Fri, Nov 30, 2018 |
7438.08 |
27.78 |
250,079 |
421 |
147 |
37.0 |
12.0 |
| Thu, Nov 30, 2017 |
7499.68 |
-33.82 |
658,717 |
721 |
882 |
51.0 |
12.0 |
| Wed, Nov 30, 2016 |
7492.53 |
-26.67 |
601,169 |
264 |
540 |
24.0 |
-7.0 |
| Mon, Nov 30, 2015 |
7499.64 |
-33.78 |
658,389 |
466 |
1083 |
23.0 |
10.0 |
| Averages of List |
7474.34 |
-8.48 |
482,524 |
372 |
540 |
36.6 |
5.9 |
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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Gunnison, CO
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day
Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation
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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
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Water data sourced from: Blue Mesa Source Data
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